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Let’s go on a hunt for the best bench vise — or is it vice? Many people get confused with the spelling, so let’s clear this up before we get started.

I often see a vise referred to as a vice. This is a spelling thing and not really something one would discuss in a tool review. Though, for the sake of clarity, here’s a short English spelling lesson. In the USA and Canada, the spelling of the word vice and vise has two separate meanings. Other English-speaking countries use UK spelling. In these countries, there is only one way of spelling both terms, this being the word vice. If you read information supplied by English-speakers outside of North America, you’ll find the word vice used where, in the US, one would call it a vise. [Read more…]