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New England Vise Company Revisited

7/1/2016

 
A reader of our previous post about John Sherman Hoar and his vise company sent us pictures of another vise that has survived amazingly intact, many miles away from Acton.  A big thank-you for letting us share the pictures!
Vise by New England Vise Company
Vise, Hoar's patent 1866
Vise by New England Vise Company

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