Would agree. Normaly these would have really been a big deal with Trey but he was all about the huge 280 lb Reed Model 208 8 inch swivel vise. These have recently gone for as much as $3200. Early industrial era iron (anvil's and pre WW2 vises) is going for crazy money these days. One pre WW1 anvil weighing 982lbs sold for $5600 to a fellow who fully intended to use it. No idea how Trey found the auction listing for the vise. It was @ an Amish run farm auction in rural Southern Alabama. Being an Amish auction co, technology and information was minimal and you had to be present to view/bid. He got the vise for less than he'd budgeted so called and closed the deal on the sliders and swung West to nab them on the way home, sliders were just icing on a bigger cake.
It's cool to watch your son pursue passions- especially tools.
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