Nice!
It almost looks like it might be one of the last of the quality British Made Record vices, before those unscrupulous bastards at Irwin started buying up all the quality tool companies and moving production to China.
I do hope so. Initially, I bought a very cheap Chinese vice, not by choice, there was no alternative. When I asked around, I was told that the only way to get a good one, would be the second hand market, an old Romanian or Russian brand, or from the UK!
The very first time I tightened up the Chinese one, the main casting holding the femail threaded part snapped!
Anyhoo, on the way to the house, we ventured into a new warehouse “Dedeman” that’s just opened, mostly for a nose about, and to get a new ball valve for the basement cold water storage tank. Funny how these things fail one day before Christmas eve
So, having a snoop, I saw a whole row of about 25 vices, all Record blue, starting with a little moddler’s jobbie, right up to a 10” monster. I went for the 6” (would have liked the 9” TBH) and it cost the equivalent of about £130.
Does Irwin still trade under the name of Record?
I notice it doesn’t have a quick-release slider, but otherwise it looks genuine. It’s bloody heavy mind and the machines finishes look pucker! It’s fingers crossed really
