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January 2, 2017 By miviseguy 2 Comments

Wilton 400S

Wilton 400S

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  1. Jay says

    October 17, 2019 at 3:18 am

    What year is this?? It doesn’t look restored, it looks brand new. I appreciate u creating this site for those of us who are into vise porn lol.

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    • miviseguy says

      October 17, 2019 at 9:25 pm

      Hi Jay,

      Thanks for the kind words! I don’t recall exactly what year that vise was, but I want to say it was 2004 or maybe 2005. It’s the new style that came out after 1989, as you can see from the larger dust cap. It was almost unused, but needed a cosmetic refresh, so that’s really all I did to it. Sometimes it’s nice to find one that doesn’t really need anything repaired or replaced!

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