Then for the third 100 years you'd really enjoy a true rotary NorVise!For my first hundred years I tied with a Thompson A, the next 100 with an HMH standard, and now with a Renzetti Presentation. I too found the Traveller "too light". Having a full rotary vise was something I did not know I needed until I got one.
Renzetti Presentation 2000 for the last 15 or so years, and with a new Renzetti Master in this exact config on the way (happy birthday Brute, happy birthday to me ) . Preso will now serve as traveler.View attachment 108288
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@RCF,
If I understand you correctly, you are saying you like the stability of the C Clamp but It doesn't fit ( open wide enough to grab onto) some Campground Tables..is that right? I ran into that a few times, especially on the older picnic tables, at USFS camps. I just take a small, thin piece of wood or plastic, think a cheese cutting board and C Clamp onto that. I then put some weight onto the back of the board, "affixing" it the table top, via gravity. A chunk of firewood or a sweet rock does the trick. Just an idea. I too find the C Clamp models more stable when tying. Saves me money on buying a travel vice.
Bob
I think NorVise 'pointy' shank jaws work much better than their little 'articulated' jaws. Manages to hold a wide variety of hook sizes and provides good hook access.Huge fan of Nor-Vise for tying larger flies, spins thread onto a hook in a flash, gets the bobbin out of the way onto the side post when spinning dubbing, tied hundreds of saltwater flies with one. Just need the space for the 14" vice/post separation. Nothing spins easier with a flick of two fingers. When my son shows up for the summer, he's grabbing mine to get some tying time in.
I looked at Peaks, nice vise, and a handle can be added to the 'spin' shaft for easier spinning, would think they would include it.
The machining on those Renzetti Masters...like how Smith used to make their revolvers.
I always enjoy a good post that demonstrates what a truly profligate first world wastrel I truly am!I have the shitty Orvis intro-to-fly-tying kit vise circa 2004. I see more recent kits have upgraded to a fancier model. The model I have grasps the hook just fine and I can make stuff that catches fish on it no problem. It's got all the bells and whistles you would expect- ie none- and if this vise was a vehicle, it would be a still working Monkey Shit Brown Chrysler K Car like one depicted below. They would describe it on Antiques Roadshow, the Vise that is, as near worthless junk, worth more for the pig iron than any other reason.
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