Rare Jvise up for Auction
I just had a note from Jay Smit of South Africa, noted designer and builder of the Jvise. This is a unique vise with many great features. He has donated one of his Damasteel Jaw vises for an auction being held to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Trust (CHT), the fundraising arm of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town. The jaws are made from stainless maternistic Damasteel from Sweden (normally used for top end knives). Only 6 numbered jaws have been made to date. The jaws were hardened, polished and etched by renowned knife maker De Wet van Zyl from Darkwing Blades
As it happens, it is vise number 1,000, and has a US retail of $1,000.
The bidding starts tomorrow the 2nd of December and closes on Monday the 16th of December.
This is great cause, and if you want to see more and/or bid on this great fly tying tool, see my friend Tom Sutcliffe’s site, here.
Jvise 1000, a really beautiful and highly functional fly tying tool.
The vise head and neck are precisely made and position the hook very precisely. It will hold size 30 to 5/0 with no trouble. My kind of vise.
Damasteel is hard to beat. Tough and beautiful at the same time.