Can someone post a picture here or email me of an older model of the medallion with the traditional bronze base? I have a chance to get one for a decent price but the base in not marked Made in USA and it has what appears to a be a solid brass ball at end of handle. Looks to be in great shape. Last I was wondering if the new jaw heads being made today fit the older ones?

I'm not having much luck trying to find pictures or history online of the Regal vise's.

Russ

I forgot to mention the base is marked Regal Engineering. And it seems gold in color. I noticed the new ones being made now are marked the Regal Engineering with the added Made In USA. That's why I was wondering if it's right.

Russ

I wonder if the later adding of "made in usa" was to make sure the real thing stands out more clearly from the Indian made clones? I didn't have a Medallion, but my Regal was an early one with the black plastic ball on the end of the handle.

There's a short, "How It's Made" video on you tube showing how one version of the Regal Medallion is made.

BB

I don't know about the one you are interested in. I sounds like the real thing.

For what it's worth I did see a BBC crime series on PBS a few years ago that included a scene where an old tweed-jacket pipe-smoking guy was tying a fly. The actor was pretending to tie in front of what looked like a Regal but I could tell--even on TV--that it wasn't the real deal.

A Brit i know told me Pakistani knockoffs are common in England.

Jeff thanks for posting your vise! Mine is more of a brighter gold in color. Even the threads where the knob screws in base are gold in color. It does have a solid brass knob on vise. Still hoping to see more photos of earlier examples if possible.

Thanks,

Russ

I had (donated it) a Regal clamp model from about 1986 or so as I remember - the round handle I know was threaded steel or brass but was black, so maybe blued. It was not painted, that I know.