On Oct 4, 8:03*pm, "SteveB" wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

I've seen a lot of vises, but most have anvil tops. *This one has a curved
lip, but not much room to put anything and pound. *Anyone know what this
type of vise is used for?

Steve

AFAIK Eron is/was a brand I first saw imported by SPI (Swiss Precision
Instuments). Some of the stuff was okay but some was Harbor Freight
quality. My guess is that your example is of the latter category and
when they (most likely Taiwanese at the time) cloned the American made
original they didn't see any value in the anvil portion and simply
lopped it off of their patten.

Or it could be a a place to put your pencil so it desn't roll off.

Monkey Butler wrote:
On Oct 4, 8:03 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

I've seen a lot of vises, but most have anvil tops. This one has a curved
lip, but not much room to put anything and pound. Anyone know what this
type of vise is used for?

Steve

AFAIK Eron is/was a brand I first saw imported by SPI (Swiss Precision
Instuments). Some of the stuff was okay but some was Harbor Freight
quality. My guess is that your example is of the latter category and
when they (most likely Taiwanese at the time) cloned the American made
original they didn't see any value in the anvil portion and simply
lopped it off of their patten.

Or it could be a a place to put your pencil so it desn't roll off.

It would be added weight and an added cost to ship from Asia.