12/26/2025
1905 Blacksmith Post Vice Restoration!
My bench vice had been giving me trouble for a while so I picked up this old post vice from a local welder. It was in definite need of some work so I straightened the leg and handle, wire wheeled all of the parts, heated and coated in boiled linseed oil, made some wedges for the mounting shackle (they were missing), cleaned out the 120 year old grease that was coming out in black chunks, re-greased, and finally forged a new spring out of a car leaf spring. I love restoring these old blacksmith tools and seeing new life come back in to them.