I tie on the C-Clamp model and really like it a lot. It was a gift and at
first i was unsure if I'd like it as it was a far stretch from my favorite
regal, I now do 90% of my tying on it.

YMMV

--
Clark Reid
http://www.dryflynz.com
Umpqua Designer Flytier


"JohnR" wrote in message
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Is anybody here familiar with the A. K. Best Vise? It may have been from a
company called AK's Tools. I don't think they are being made anymore.

I have seen a pedestal version used by Shane Stalcup in some of his
videotapes.

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.

Thanks in advance.

-John