I have tied on a Regal vise for the last 25 years plus or minus, and am a Regal fan. I have both regular jaws and the midge jaws. Nothing wrong with the old vise except that I had a bee in my bonnet for the new one they just introduced with the stainless steel jaws.
I’ve had it for about a month now, works just like the old one, but has some differences that I REALLy like. The lever is slightly changed (no big deal there) but the jaws have been redesigned to come to a fine point. Much finer than the earlier midge jaws and a real joy to use with the smaller hooks. A small groove set back from the tip takes care of the larger hooks.
This will be my vise if I’m still tying after another 25 years.
Thanks for the report Jim. I love my regal and am so used to it I probably will never get rid of it.
I am glad you let us know about the new stainless jaws as I just broke a piece off of one side of my standard jaws while tying on a rather small hook I did’nt have clamped in good and pulled it out.
Now I have a reason to get a new one.
One question though! Do you think I need the midge jaw if the new one is smaller at the tip?
“A smart man learns from his mistakes,
A wise man learns from others”
cctyer, You will not need the midge jaws with the new stainless steel model. The new jaws come to a much finer point than do the older midge jaws.
Fish’n Nick , I haven’t had that happen in 25 years of using the vise,. You just need to learn how to properly use your tools.
Let’s see $200 divided by 25 years comes out to about $8 per year. That’s about 3 gallons of gas!