API - Spartan Fly Tying Vise 4-piece Anodized gold aluminum down-locking reel

Anodized gold aluminum down-locking reel seat over a walnut spacer

The box measures 8 1/8" x  4 1/8" x  1 3/4" with ridged foam on both sides

The cap is missing its internal screw and I think it's been secured by loctite or something similar as it does not unscrew

Medium action representative of the fishing style of the day

"239-114" is lettered on the wrap flat

API - Spartan Fly Tying Vise 4-piece Anodized gold aluminum down-locking reelFor sale here is an API (Angling Products Incorporated) "Spartan" fly tying vise. Made in the early 1980's in the USA. The vise is an exact 2 3 replica of the HMH Standard Vise. It was also known as the "mini vise" because of this. API purchased HMH in 1980 and began make vises under their name. The vise is in excellent used condition and in flawless mechanical shape with only minor cosmetic signs of honest use. The vise is quite handsome in a