Of the many types of woodworking vice that are available, few are more suited to the hand tool user than the traditional variants.
For the face vice give some thought to a leg vice, or the horizontal variant that’s often seen on English style benches.
Much of the work held down to the bench top was traditionally held without a tail vice though.
Alternatives such as working against a planing stop, &/ or using a holdfast are generally far more efficient and encourage better techniques with your hand planes.
![Simple Work Holding For Ploughing Grooves [Without a Tail Vice]](https://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/workholding-without-tail-vice-copy.jpg)
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