Thread: my carbo-magnetic vise ;)

The magnets are the 1/2" ones from here:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42363,42348

Lee Vallley also sells steel cups that fit the magnets and which I screwed to the piece of plywood that you see in the pictures.
They are located in one line in the centre of the blue stuff where it is thinnest and the spine rests ( so the magnets hold on to the spine mainly ).
This has the advantage that the spine is the most solid part of the blade (aside from shank and tang) and when I want to remove the blade, I can very easily and safely just flip it up (edge up) and then peel it off in an upward motion. There is virtually no force on the delicate parts of the blade this way.

Redwoood