On 10/24/2014 8:48 AM, William Ghio wrote:
> The gunsmith use makes sense. It appears to have been mounted to resist
lateral or twisting forces and putting a long gun in the vise would certainly
produce those forces. It also gets the piece up higher for detail work and,
being wood, it will not produce so much pressure at the jaws to be likely to
damage anything. Now, I just have to find a use for it or own up to the vice of
vises.
Seems to me it would be real useful for shaping with spokeshave & files 
or for carving.

Don