I have tied with a Regal for 10+ years, I have had the jaws replaced once in that time period because of chipped jaw tip. I contacted Regal and they asked me to send them the chipped jaws, I did and received a new set of jaws 10 days later, the only charge I was responsible for was the shipping to get the old jaws to them. The day that the jaws chipped I was tying some midge patterns with size 20 hooks and put the hook a little to close to the end of the jaw tip, when I put a little thread tension on the hook it popped and went somewhere, thats when I noticed the chip in the jaw. This happend about a year after I purchased the vise, haven't had a problem since.