Petitjean Premier Swiss Vise Base Model

      
Versatile precision vise for all size flies with pedestal base. Supreme range of hook size accommodation. Highly adjustable to suit individual tyer. Height and angle adjustable.

A familiar jaw type, essentially a parallel or engineer’s clamp, on the end of a bent arm. The simplest form of this clamp is two plates side by side, one screw, nearest the holding end, pulls the plates together while another at the rear, farthest from the griping end, pushes the plates apart. The Swiss Vice jaws have a small sculpted screw near the jaw-tips to adjust for the hook size, try to get the jaws parallel, then lift the lever at the rear of the head. Cam surfaces push the rear apart and the jaws tighten. Hook sizes are highly adjustable and exact. Grip is excellent and very dependable.

Small hooks are the bane of this jaw type, particularly vices with simpler double screw mechanisms; hooks either fall out before the tightening screw is adjusted or they fix securely but at the wrong angle. The Swiss Vice has spring loaded jaws, so you squeeze the rear of the jaws to position my hook which is held in position before the lever applies grip. The same feature means you can release the jaws and the hook stays put!

 Carring Case Included