"Frank Reid" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Go for the Danica. Table clamp is better than pedestal. This one has a
really good table clamp. See pictures etc here;

I'll second that, I've been using mine for 8 years with no problems.
Dropped out of cars, thrown into my truck, used it for so many shows, I
can't count (never could get that counting thing anyway).
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Frank Reid
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Thanks for that Frank! I thought I would get a load of argument!

My standard advice for years, to beginners and others, was to "buy a
Thompson A". Unfortunately, Thompson is now defunct. But their vices were
the best value of all for a very long time. Indeed, I think their vices were
at least partly responsible for the boom in fly-dressing.

I have now changed this opinion, and consider the Danica not only the best
value, but the most functional vice on the market.

Incidentally, I have a number of vices, and I have used quite a few more. Of
the six or so rotary vices I have tried, this was the best, bar none! Not
even the "high end" vices, which cost very considerably more.

It is also easily used as "stationary" vice.

The fact that it is relatively cheap makes it even more attractive ( to me
at least! ). Indeed, the only argument I have heard against it, ( mostly
from people who have never tried it!), is that it is "made of plastic"! I
don´t much care what it is made of, it is a very good vice indeed. In this
case (travelling), the low weight is a considerable advantage anyway.

I tried the vice several times at shows, and when friends and acquaintances
brought theirs around for tying sessions. I liked it immediately, and you
would be surprised to learn how fussy I am about vices ( or perhaps you
wouldn´t! ) Eventually I bought one myself, and am now using it regularly
for some rotary techniques, among other things.

The best value on the market at the present time, and probably for some time
to come.

TL
MC