Re: Vise recommendations

[Terry C]

Use the K.I.S.S. principle here.  A simple lever vice will be great,  when he has disposible income he can move up, and save that one for your grandson someday :)

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 1:37:00 PM UTC-5, E's Dad wrote:

I'd like to get my 10 yo son a vise for the holidays. There seem to be two types of controls for the clamping end: the lever kind like the regal vises used at the beer ties and tunrstyle like on a renzetti.I'd welcome some insight on what people think is better and recommendations (Orvis or otherwise) for a good beginner vise. Thanks!

[Casey Peltier]

If the young man is able to cope with having a present not be under the tree on Dec. 25, consider taking him to one of our local fly shops and letting him try the various mechanisms.  Sometimes smaller hands appreciate the turning-screw+lever action.

Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:37:00 -0800
From: sbda...@gmail.com
To: tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Vise recommendations

I'd like to get my 10 yo son a vise for the holidays. There seem to be two types of controls for the clamping end: the lever kind like the regal vises used at the beer ties and tunrstyle like on a renzetti.I'd welcome some insight on what people think is better and recommendations (Orvis or otherwise) for a good beginner vise. Thanks!

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[Matthew Longley]

I started tying when I was 10 or 11 with just a simple clamp vise, and now that I've taken it back up nearly two decades later I'm still happy with it.  Must have cost 20 dollars.

I don't know your son at all obviously, so I'm going to generalize on all 10 year old boys (apologies!) and say one factor to consider is the likelihood he sticks with it.  Maybe he keeps it up and next year he gets another christmas present of an upgrade.  Or maybe it doesn't take and you've saved yourself from buying an expensive vice... unless of course this means you get an upgrade :) .  Point being, start him off on something simple, and if you have extra cash in your wallet get him a bunch of fun materials.

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 1:37:00 PM UTC-5, E's Dad wrote: