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I was working on a wallet last night with my 24oz maul and my basket weave stamp and suddenly I noticed it was bending.

Was I whacking it too hard or is this just the cheap tools Tandy is selling now?

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I was working on a wallet last night with my 24oz maul and my basket weave stamp and suddenly I noticed it was bending.

Was I whacking it too hard or is this just the cheap tools Tandy is selling now?

It's the tools. They are definitley lower quality than those from the days of old. I've done it on a pear shader with a 16 oz maul.

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A KID broke the tail off a kitten stamp I'd had for a couple of years now...the one on a stem (Craftool), not the 3D

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I've had two Hide Crafter tools break in the last month. One was the small beveler and the other was the small background tool. I saw them starting to bend and in no time they broke. So I've picked up a spare of each so if it happens again I'm prepared.

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bent over, split, twisted wraped around and cracked enjoy your craptools oops craftool

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bent over, split, twisted wraped around and cracked enjoy your craptools oops craftool

Josh

Steady, Josh!

I had one bend a few weeks back but I gave it to Badger 'cos he doesn't know any different, ROFL...

Not strictly true as it actually arrived bent, new from TLF... I did give it to Badger though!

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Ray..............did it bend to the left or did it bend to the right.

thus... we will know if it was an English tool.. :crazy:

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i too have had a basket a pear shader and a cam tool all bend on me at different times. I too thought that it was my fault ( and some of it was I amsure) but it is the tools.

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Most of my craftools are from the 60's and 70's and have never had a problem with them, but I had some hidcrafters that I received about ten years ago and when stamping saddles they tend to bend a lot. Hide crafters was kind enough to replace them a couple times but since they kept bending I just ordered from Barry king and basically have the same tool in Stainless steel and have not had any bending problems. Thanks Barry! and I did appreciate Hidecrafters for working with me on the bent ones.

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Same as Skip; bad batch from Hidecrafters some time back. George was good about replacing the bent tools, but......

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