Antique shop find

[Steven Mikes]

I'm on vacation with the family in the mountains of North Carolina. Today we are staying in Ashe county and stopped in West Jefferson. There are a handful of antique shops downtown, so I popped in to take a peek. Only one had a somewhat interesting assortment of tools to look at. I ended up with this Miller Falls No 1708 brace. Don't have a ruler handy but I think it's 10" sweep?
In great condition though, everything spins nicely, the wood looks lovely save for a small chip on the underside of the top pad. The jaws mate perfectly and still have their springs intact.
I was going to offer $5 but the proprietor gave my son an old native American spear point for free so I just paid the sticker price of $8.

[Jim Koepke]

Nice find Steven. Of all my braces only one has been a Miller Falls. For some reason braces kept following me home. Having taken the oath, it now has to be something special before it can come home with me.

jtk

[William Fretwell]

Bought that exact brace to replace 2 stolen 15 years ago from a storage unit during a move. Took a while to collect some drills but worth it. The level of drilling control is unparalleled.