By looks, I didn't mean the aesthetics. I meant it appeared to be a decent
vise with some nice features.

-John
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Is anybody here familiar with the A. K. Best Vise?
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The reason I ask is that my local fly shop took one in on trade and now
is
selling it for $90. It is a clamp model with the midge jaws (or at least
it
looks like a midge jaw).

Is this a fair price for a vise that isn't being made anymore? I've
heard
some rumors that they had trouble with the jaws being fragile or
brittle.
Any truth to that?

I already have a Renzetti Traveler pedestal vise and it is a good vise.
Still I do like the looks of the AK Vise.


If the Renzetti is working for you, and you only want the AK vise for the
aesthetics, then spend the money and buy it and look at it while using the
Renzetti. Kind of like asking yourself how much would you pay for a 200
year
old bamboo rod that you know you'll never fish with.