2 1/2" English Point Strap End Punch Wanted

[Missing Strap]

Not sure this is even made??? Osborne....no Weaver......no. Anyone know where I could get one or have one made???

[bruce johnson]

I'd try Texas Custom Dies or one of the other die makers. They should be able to make you one up and put a handle on it.

[Techrascal]

<br />Not sure this is even made??? Osborne....no   Weaver......no.  Anyone know where I could get one or have one made???<br />

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Have you called campbell randall machinery in yoakum texas ? I know we carry some osborne tools and if we don't have it ,we can have it maqde for you.

[bootsmt]

You can try Hale and Co. their web page is up. Frank

Not sure this is even made??? Osborne....no Weaver......no. Anyone know where I could get one or have one made???

[Art]

Hi Missing,

Years (and I mean years) ago, Verlane Desgrange taught me how to use my knuckle, a head knife, and the edge of a table to cut a pretty perfect English Point on the end of a strap. It is hard to explain, but you use your knuckle on the edge of the table as a cam to cut the strap end, one side at a time. She said that they didn't have all the strap end punches we do now and it was an old harnessmaker trick. It's a see one, do one, teach one kind of thing. A little bit of scrap and four or five times and you've got it. A 2.5" is kinda big, but take a scratch awl and use a template to scribe a line of the end and practice.

Art

P.S. I don't have any English point punches.

Not sure this is even made??? Osborne....no Weaver......no. Anyone know where I could get one or have one made???

[busted]

Not sure this is even made??? Osborne....no Weaver......no. Anyone know where I could get one or have one made???

I am certain a French Curve would accomplish what you want to do. Or not.

[celticleather]

I am certain a French Curve would accomplish what you want to do. Or not.

A French curve to make an English point? Could create an International Incident!

Here's the traditional way to make an English point:

1 Set dividers to the width of the belt.

2 With the divider point close beside the belt, scribe an arc.

3 Place the divider point opposite the first centre-point, and scribe a second arc.

The intersection of the two arcs is the English point. This method could also be used to make a template. Much cheaper than a strap punch!

[bruce johnson]

I learned the same trick Art did, but from an old guy. Until I got a decent set of smaller end punches I did that on everything. A couple years ago a buddy made me up a 2-1/2" round end to do the cutout above the rigging plates on a flat plate rigging. Last year he was messing around in the shop and made me up some point punches in 2", 2-1/2" and 3". The 2" is an English point and the larger ones have more point to them. I use the 2" on wider back billets and the bigger ones on leathers. They are great for shortening stirrup leathers on the saddle and getting the ends right the first time. I usually nip the very tip off straight across once it is punched to length.