11-30-2014, 06:51 PM
(11-30-2014, 02:16 PM)Arbalest Wrote: I'm surprised they are so expensive. I have four of the Eclipse (UK) equivalent and they often turn up at the shows new or used for a couple of pounds each.
I don't know what show you mean, but we don't have flea markets like you have weekly boot sales.
As mentioned, those you have shown I can buy in the hardware store.
They have drilled round tips that are slit into four
The tips are then arcs that don't grip a square shank straight or tight.
The Starrett type has 2 sliding jaw inserts with v grooves
I did find one import that was bult that way, but it was expensive enough that the Starretts weren't much more
plus they had some gimicky rachet mechanism and double handles.