New Vice ~ £100 What do you think of These?

[Cerberos]

I am thinking of buying a new vice and would appreciate the thoughts of someone with more experience than I have.

I am looking at the new Baker ESOX as show in the ebay link below

cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-High-Class-Rotation-fly-tying-vise-pedestal-base_W0QQitemZ7240443131QQ

or on their german website www.baker-flyfishing.com/shop/index.html?bindestoecke.htm




Or the Montana Mongoose as show on Amazon.com
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002MBKKU/103-8658691-7333415?v=glance&n=3375251

or here on griffins own site

www.eflytyer.com/tools/mongoose.html



Anyone any experience of either of these?

At the moment I am fovouring the Mongoose just because it comes with both a base and a "C" clamp, however delivery from the states may make it too expensive.

I like the look of the Baker ESOX but having used Babel fish to translate some german reviews of the vice there was a critisim that all the knurled knuts were plastic.

Looking at images of the two vices it would seem the tip of the jaws on the baker is on the smae axis as the rotation where the mongoose is jaws are set below. Is that important?

At the moment I am using a type II lever action vice by J Weaver & Sons which I am very happy with. I notice on www.oreillysfishing.co.uk/acatalog/OReillys_Fishing_Fly_Tying_Vices_23.html Weavers do a rotary vice in my price range but there is no image.

What is that like and how does it compare with the two vices above?

[pacres]

The Griffin is a good vise, I just got one not long ago. The baker looks a bit on the cheap side, and for that amount of money, I think you would be happier with the Griffin. It comes with some tools, a hard case, and both a pedestal base and a c-clamp.

The jaws on the mongoose can be modified to center. One thing I'm not 100% happy with is the tensioner on the vise. I may have to play around with it a bit more. I know I had a similar issue with the Odyssey vise.

Also keep in mind that a vise is a personal thing. Not everyone has the same taste.

[Cerberos]

Come on guys, 100 views and only one very nice Canadian gentleman kind enough to reply.

Tell me which vice you use and why.

[Tango51]

Vice reviews here.

flyfisherman.com/ftb/hwvise/

No experience with either of the above vices, best bet would be to see if you could try one first, what looks good on a screen might be a pig to use.

[Sculpin]

I have had the Weaver Rotary vice for about a year-eighteen months. I does everything that I want and I've used it to tie on hooks from size 20 to 2/0.

It looks very similar to the Baker Esox but you can see it on the Scottie Rods website at www.scottierods.com/fly-tying-vice.html

Will

[tevion]

I bought the snowbee a r vice for 129 pounds,






I bought the snowbee a r vice for 129 pounds,great vice well worth a lookin my opinion
joe


great vice in my opinion.

[Braveheart]

No connection with the seller, but I do have one of these and can't recommend them highly enough.



flyforums.proboards53.com/index.cgi?board=classifieds&action=display&thread=1147348031

[Troutmagnet]

Try troutfishing.co.uk

£33.99 with balljoint ive just ordered one on recommendation and worth a look.

Troutmagnet

[Cerberos]

After spending the weekend trawling reviews on various websites I have decided to go for the Montana Mongoose.

Thanks very much to eveyone who took the trouble to reply to my post.

I am just looking around for the best deal for getting one in from the states. I hope to place an order in the next few days.

I'll post a little review on the board once i get it. Don't hold your breath though it may take a week or two to get here.

[ScottRods]

pity we can't get good vice's cheaply here in NZ. The weak Kiwi $ means stuff is getting expensive. About $3 to the pound.

[jan]

cerberos said:

After spending the weekend trawling reviews on various websites I have decided to go for the Montana Mongoose.

Thanks very much to eveyone who took the trouble to reply to my post.

I am just looking around for the best deal for getting one in from the states. I hope to place an order in the next few days.

I'll post a little review on the board once i get it. Don't hold your breath though it may take a week or two to get here.

go to hook n hackle and get a dyna king voyager2 - last a lifetime and i think $175 last time i looked - just in budget.

[dylanm]

go onto www.yga.yorks.com