Originally Posted by
JD
They are not charging you just for shipping. They are charging you shipping and a new set of jaws. From your description, sounds like you got years of good service from the vise. The fact that the jaws wore out is not a manufacturing defect, it is a function of use. With few exceptions (possibly none), every vise manufacturer will fix a manufacturing defect for free. Wear is the responsibility of the owner, and often repaired at a modest cost. Fly fishing has some very odd expectations of what warranties cover, probably due in no small part I'd guess to the naivete of the manufacturers when this craze first started.
Regardless, look at the warranties for all of the other vise manufactures these days. You will find that Regal's policy is not only in line with the rest, they are actually more generous than the rest of the manufacturers you are considering.
With that said, I believe both Norvis and HMH will freely replace a set of jaws that have been worn out. In fact, HMH used to have an anecdotal story on its website where a commercial fly tyer had worn out a set of jaws after many tens of thousands of flies -- HMH proudly stated it had happily replaced the jaws for free. I believe they would have done so in this case, although you almost never hear of anyone wearing out a set of HMH vise jaws. Unfortunately, they do not offer a "true" rotary vise, although there are some who are effectively using them in that mode by setting the jaws in a horizontal plane when tying.
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