I have turned up a rather unusual couple of pages in an old Wadkin & Co catalogue which shows what appears to be an Emmert-pattern vice sold by the company. The fact that no less than two pages are devoted to it as opposed to the 1/3 page given over to conventional vices may indicate it's importance as a product. As to dating these pages were published sometime between 1927 and 1935 (Wadkin incorporated as a Ltd company in 1935).
Would anyone be able to tell me if these were the American vices imported, were they made by Wadkin under licence or were Wadkin perhaps indulging in a bit of knock-off here? They were extremely expensive. Late last week I was shown an original bill dated 1939 for a Wadkin DR 36in bandsaw (top of the line, 3/4 tonne machine) - the price was £109/-/-, including delivery and installation.
For comparison this is what Wadkin were offering in the same catalogue for joiners:
And here is the woodworker's vices page from the 1950 tooling catalogue (no Emmert's listed). The manufacturer appears to be Rededa both before and after WWII:
Anyone know anything about Rededa other than the fact that they painted their vices red?
Scrit
![page74-Emmert-patternvice1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cd4/cd46a5286a2ce750e3977d61b5993550.jpg)
![page75-Emmert-patternvice2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4da/4da8b7d4bc65ae987f7ab002b85b2b5e.jpg)
Would anyone be able to tell me if these were the American vices imported, were they made by Wadkin under licence or were Wadkin perhaps indulging in a bit of knock-off here? They were extremely expensive. Late last week I was shown an original bill dated 1939 for a Wadkin DR 36in bandsaw (top of the line, 3/4 tonne machine) - the price was £109/-/-, including delivery and installation.
For comparison this is what Wadkin were offering in the same catalogue for joiners:
![page76-Vicesetc.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/370/370c3efcdace70cb0c9ce3a891e5ee8e.jpg)
And here is the woodworker's vices page from the 1950 tooling catalogue (no Emmert's listed). The manufacturer appears to be Rededa both before and after WWII:
![PageL12-WoodworkersVices.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3b5/3b5ac37574002fd96d9047465598fb44.jpg)
Anyone know anything about Rededa other than the fact that they painted their vices red?
Scrit