What Vise Do You Use

On 8/9/05 5:49 PM, in article
, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:


William Claspy wrote:

Something under a hundred bucks. Just don't tie that much!


It ain't what one spends, it's how and where one spends.

Had that statement come from just about anyone else, Wayne, I'd just nod my
head, but from you...?

:-)


While both my Dyna King and HMH list for somewhere between 100-200, I
picked up the HMH at an LL Bean outlet store in Nashua NH for $50, and
the Dyna-king with both the pedistal and c-clamp, white background
thingie, and the little trash bag for $60 when the husband/wife owners
of a mail order fly shop in Rockford IL decided to retire.

Nice! And I totally agree.

Never pay retail,
Bill

"Tim J." wrote in message
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Frank Reid wrote:
I know, this should be over on the tying group, but this group is a
bit more active.
What tying vise do you use?
If you could buy a new one tomorrow, what would it be?

I use the Danvise. Why? Because *somebody* told me it was the best value
on the market. I think it was the same weasel-monkey that's now jumping
ship. "Come on in! The water's fine!", sez he.

Seriously, for the tying I do, it's a great vise.

It is a great vise. One of my options is just get another one (and if my
daughter gets accepted to some of the colleges she's applying to like
Harvard, I may exercise that option). I've beaten the crap out of the
thing, its a first generation Danvise, and, after some minor disassembly and
repair, it still works fine. Just want more speed.


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"Frank Reid" wrote in news:ddcv38$o7b$1
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Just want more speed.


Frank, I've watched my vise for some time, and I've yet to see it move at
all, let alone move fast. You should probably avoid the Renzetti


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Scott
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Scott Seidman wrote:
"Frank Reid" wrote in news:ddcv38$o7b$1
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Just want more speed.

Frank, I've watched my vise for some time, and I've yet to see it
move at all, let alone move fast. You should probably avoid the
Renzetti

Someone needs to build Frank a vise with a 10:1 ratio.
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"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
I know, this should be over on the tying group, but this group is a bit
more active.
What tying vise do you use?
If you could buy a new one tomorrow, what would it be?
I'll start:
Use the Danvise (original Danica, not Orvis)
Want to buy a Norvise.
Frank Reid
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Hi All,
I remember a thread about this quite a while ago as I recall. . . . well at
least one computer or so ago for me.
Here goes: did a quick walk around to do a check.

-3 Regal Pedestals (all have the "turn" function) ( don't use the C-Clamps
much anymore)
- 2 Renzetti travelers (1 regular and 1 cam version)
- a couple of Thompson A vises
- a small herd of India A knockoffs (about 6 or so)
- 1 Danvise
- 1 HMH Standard
- 1 HMH Spartan
Heh . . .heh . . .and I tell ya, it is hard to tie on them all at the same
time!
In reality, as some here know, I was involved a bit in consulting to a fly
manufacturer, involving trips to an undisclosed country that starts with a T
.. . . and ends in . . . hailand. . . teaching new patterns, and looking over
production control, and silly stuff like that. And used to teach tying
classes here in the US. . as well as Germany and Korea.
I seemed to use the HMH vises when I lived on the East side of the US. My
first real vise was a Thompson A. (the older one) I did pick up a "kit" many
many years ago in a world far away to try to tie a few bass flies and
bluegill fies when I grew up in the Midwest. ( that lasted about a week
until I gor serious about it in the early '70s here in Colorado)
Until I stopped teaching a few years ago I still had people start with the
Thompson As or the knockoffs, and then let them try the other types of vises
I have. (always started with C-clamps)
If I could buy a new one tomorrow? answer . . . no thank you.
I seem to use a Renzetti when I travel, and either a Renzetti, Danvise, or
Regal here at home depending on what I'm tying.
BestWishes,
DaveMohnsen
Denver

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
I know, this should be over on the tying group, but this group is a bit
more active.
What tying vise do you use?
If you could buy a new one tomorrow, what would it be?

I'll start:
Use the Danvise (original Danica, not Orvis)
Want to buy a Norvise.


I have some old no-name vise that a a friend of the family gave me when I
was a kid. I have only actually tied a couple flies with it, but I have
used it to wrap lots and lots of hair and feather jigs. No clue the name or
the type, but it works. It is hard to get tightened down with the jaws in
exactly the right position, but it is nice to be able loosen it up ratate
the jaws and tighten it down again.

If I tied seriusly I would look for a vise with two different locks. One to
tighten down the jaws, and one that would allow you to rotate the jaws
without loosening them.


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If I tied seriusly I would look for a vise with two different locks. One
to tighten down the jaws, and one that would allow you to rotate the jaws
without loosening them.


--
Bob La Londe

Bob, you could get that capability with a DanVise.
By the way, you keep hanging around here and the BASS folks is gonna start
wondering if you're leaning to the dark side. Afor ya' know it, you'll be
using your bass boat to cast for carp on the fly with a cottonwood fly.

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Frank Reid
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William Claspy wrote:

Had that statement come from just about anyone else, Wayne, I'd just nod my
head, but from you...?

:-)

The other tightwads on this place have nothing on me. I'm willing to
pay for quality, had the luxury of having some means to pay for the
quality, but that don't mean I always paid the initial asking price.
But contrary to what some others may think, I know the average Joe
can't walk into a fly shop on a whim and walk out with the lastest
thunderstick and Renzetti master.

I figure 3/4th of my tackle collection (including my vises), almost all
of my wood shop, and my hunting/camping gear came out of closeouts,
barter, conservation auctions, the used market, or just plain old
making an offer to the store owner. It doesn't work everytime but works
often enough.

My latest vices are fine shotguns and the challenges of getting those
at a price point which fits my wallet have been pretty daunting. But I
did pick up an AYA 12g (list about $3,800) as I was leaving Kansas for
under a Grand. Now if I can find a companion 20G for the same price
I'll be in business.

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
If I tied seriusly I would look for a vise with two different locks.
One
to tighten down the jaws, and one that would allow you to rotate the
jaws
without loosening them.


--
Bob La Londe

Bob, you could get that capability with a DanVise.
By the way, you keep hanging around here and the BASS folks is gonna start
wondering if you're leaning to the dark side. Afor ya' know it, you'll be
using your bass boat to cast for carp on the fly with a cottonwood fly.


LOL. Well, I do own three fly rods, but they are all 8' exactly so
technically legal for tournament bassin' LOL.


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Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

"Bob La Londe" wrote in
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"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
If I tied seriusly I would look for a vise with two different
locks.
One
to tighten down the jaws, and one that would allow you to rotate
the
jaws
without loosening them.


--
Bob La Londe

Bob, you could get that capability with a DanVise.
By the way, you keep hanging around here and the BASS folks is gonna
start wondering if you're leaning to the dark side. Afor ya' know
it, you'll be using your bass boat to cast for carp on the fly with a
cottonwood fly.


LOL. Well, I do own three fly rods, but they are all 8' exactly so
technically legal for tournament bassin' LOL.



There was a guy handled T-bone around here who was talking about tourny
fishing using only fly rods. He was so dead set against catch&release
fishing that it was a little funny.

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Scott
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