Got an Old Wilton Vise? The Stamp Under the Jaw Decides Its Price

Got an old Wilton bullet vise? Pull the front jaw off and flip the slide key underneath. The date stamped there may not be the year your vise was made. If "GUAR EXP" appears above it, collectors read it as the end of a five-year guarantee, so the vise is about five years older. This video shows how to read the Wilton slide stamp three ways: a plain date, a GUAR EXP date, and a blank slide from the early Pat Pend years when Wilton sold vises to the U.S. government. You'll also learn the city cast into the body (Chicago or Schiller Park) and how the model number tells you the jaw size. Then we look at finished sales from the Antiques Navigator price guide: 1940s user vises, Schiller Park 9350s, two-inch baby bullets, and what a missing swivel base or "for repair" does to the price. Every number comes from a completed sale, not an asking price. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:23 Measure the Jaw: Why 2-Inch Vises Win 03:17 The Model Number Tells the Size 04:11 Getting to the Slide Stamp 05:09 Reading the Date: Plain, GUAR EXP or Blank 07:23 Does an Older Date Sell for More? 09:44 Chicago or Schiller Park: The Body Casting 11:10 Pat Pend and the War Years 12:43 Damage, Missing Parts and the Wrong Wilton 15:02 What Wiltons Really Sell For Narrated with an AI voice; Earl is a presenter character. Photo credits and full sources: https://forged-before-1970-credits-tw... Topics: Wilton bullet vise, Wilton vise date stamp, Wilton GUAR EXP, Wilton slide key, Wilton baby bullet, Wilton Chicago vise, Wilton Schiller Park, Wilton 930, Wilton 9350, Wilton 820, Pat Pend Wilton vise, vintage bench vise value, machinist vise, old vise identification #WiltonVise #BulletVise #VintageTools #BenchVise #OldTools #ToolCollecting