I have been doing some impressioning

[RubberBanned]

During quarantine, as I may have shared, I made an impressioning handle, had a batch made to sell, but also made lots of keys! Here is some pictures to share with you all!

[billdeserthills]

The one thing that has improved my impressioning more than everything else is this impressioning magnifyer
https://mbausa.com/10x-key-impressioning-magnifier/


I usually just use a small Vise Grips to hold my blank but seeing what marks are there is the best

[RubberBanned]

The one thing that has improved my impressioning more than everything else is this impressioning magnifyer
https://mbausa.com/10x-key-impressioning-magnifier/


I usually just use a small Vise Grips to hold my blank but seeing what marks are there is the best

I have that, as well, I collect anything impressioning related. Most of the time, my optics are a grobet optivisor, or a belsaw magnifier. I have loupes and the like if I need that stuff.

[tpark]

I thought I was getting worse at impressioning, and I was, but once I got a decent magnifier it was much easier again. I just can't see as well as I used to.

[billdeserthills]

I thought I was getting worse at impressioning, and I was, but once I got a decent magnifier it was much easier again. I just can't see as well as I used to.

One of the great things about the impressioning magnifyer is it slips over the head of an AA Maglight, so there's plenty of light. The key itself goes into a crack, so it's easily seen with the lense. It really raised my impressioning game. I have already made keys for locks mounted in plastic cylinders which is tough for me

[cledry]

I don't know what the purpose of the fancy handle is, let alone several of them. What am I missing?

[GWiens2001]

I don't know what the purpose of the fancy handle is, let alone several of them. What am I missing?

He is selling them.

Gordon

[cledry]

OK. They look nice for hobbyists. I just use my old impressioning Vise Grips that I bought about 30 years ago. I bought two and wish I had bought more as they haven't been sold for years. When they show up occasionally on eBay they are snapped up.

I don't know what the purpose of the fancy handle is, let alone several of them. What am I missing?

He is selling them.

Gordon

[GWiens2001]

OK. They look nice for hobbyists. I just use my old impressioning Vise Grips that I bought about 30 years ago. I bought two and wish I had bought more as they haven't been sold for years. When they show up occasionally on eBay they are snapped up.

Any chance we can get a pic of the impressioning Vise Grips? What makes them different? I usually use small vise grips, too.

Gordon

[Squelchtone]

OK. They look nice for hobbyists. I just use my old impressioning Vise Grips that I bought about 30 years ago. I bought two and wish I had bought more as they haven't been sold for years. When they show up occasionally on eBay they are snapped up.

Any chance we can get a pic of the impressioning Vise Grips? What makes them different? I usually use small vise grips, too.

Gordon

I am curious as well. I have the impressioning vice grips from Lockmasters, MBAUSA down the street from them also sells them (link below) The jaws have a tooth that goes through the hole in the bow of a key to hold it securely.

is this what you have cledry?
https://mbausa.com/impressioning-plier-black/


Thanks
Squelchtone

[cledry]

If I can remember on Monday I will snap a photo. Basically they are small Vice Grips that a company modified so that they have smooth parallel jaws at a about the thickness of a key blank. They grip without leaving a mark. They appear to be factory made perhaps by Peterson before the jaws were milled with a gripping surface.

[jeffmoss26]

my boss has the black ones above which are modified/painted Peterson VG from the good old days!

[RubberBanned]

OK. They look nice for hobbyists. I just use my old impressioning Vise Grips that I bought about 30 years ago. I bought two and wish I had bought more as they haven't been sold for years. When they show up occasionally on eBay they are snapped up.

I don't know what the purpose of the fancy handle is, let alone several of them. What am I missing?

He is selling them.

Gordon

While they are nice for hobbysists, I assume, I am a trading locksmith as well, and it's the only handle I use now. Which makes sense, given that i designed it to be ideal for me. I have all sorts of impressioning tools, vise grips, etc, and I still circle back to mine these days.

[billdeserthills]

If I can remember on Monday I will snap a photo. Basically they are small Vice Grips that a company modified so that they have smooth parallel jaws at a about the thickness of a key blank. They grip without leaving a mark. They appear to be factory made perhaps by Peterson before the jaws were milled with a gripping surface.

I'll take it that cledry forgot

[cledry]

If I can remember on Monday I will snap a photo. Basically they are small Vice Grips that a company modified so that they have smooth parallel jaws at a about the thickness of a key blank. They grip without leaving a mark. They appear to be factory made perhaps by Peterson before the jaws were milled with a gripping surface.

I'll take it that cledry forgot

He did.

The photo is a bit blurry, but you get the idea. Smooth jaws that are parallel to one another at about a key blank thickness apart. Grip very tightly, no marring of key. They are the 5" size pliers.