New Old Stock, Unused

Beautiful twin wood screw vise made in England. Stamp states Ashford Emir. The company is still in existence, and makes all sorts of high end woodworking benches, tools, etc., I believe in the past they also made woodworking planes.

The screws on this vise are crisp and turn smoothly. Great display piece, or can be mounted into a workbench to become a useful tool. It sort of looks like it could have been something intended for bookbinding, or some other press???