New Handmade Belt End Punches From Ebay

[raysouth]

I also attempt to by U.S. made items but not always possible today. Punches appear to be heavy enough to do the job and at $10.00 per, it may not be a bad investment.

I have taken chances with items before and most of the time, all was well. Hope it works out if you buy.

[knazim]

I bought a Seiwa Diamond Leather Stitching Chisel Leathercraft Prick from Goods Japan and its fantastic quality. It took 3 weeks to get it from there but its very well crafted and top quality.

Regards

KN

[billymac814]

I've been eyeballing some of their edgers from Japan, they look very nice. As someone else mentioned though the Japanese make very high quality items.

I bought a Seiwa Diamond Leather Stitching Chisel Leathercraft Prick from Goods Japan and its fantastic quality. It took 3 weeks to get it from there but its very well crafted and top quality.

Regards

KN

[billymac814]

I ordered the set yesterday. I could have got by with just 2 or 3 but it wasn't much more for the set. I got notified sometime in the middle of the night that it shipped. I also ordered a brass tip and I paid for expidited shipping on the punches and emailed them to see if they could throw the tip in with that and they responded pretty quickly saying that was no problem.

So far their service is good, if the punches are mediocre ill be happy enough.

[billymac814]

I received my punches today in the mail. They are shorter than I expected them to be but they do cut and came reasonably sharp. For some reason the smallest one seems to be considerably nicer looking than the rest.

I do not think these would be great for real heavy use, they are no where near as substantial as the Osborne type are but for the price they are good for light use and sure beats cutting. Overall I'm satisfied with them.

I also got the brass tip for doing hot edges that goes on a soldering iron, I haven't tried it yet but it looks nice and should work just fine.

[billymac814]

Here's a picture of them, I did spend a few minutes cleaning them up. They were very raw looking when they came.

[Cyberthrasher]

I do not think these would be great for real heavy use

Heavy as in repetitive, or heavy as in 8 oz and up?

[billymac814]

Heavy as it repetitive use all day long. They should be fine going through even two layers of 8 oz. I would recommend keeping them sharp so you don't have to hit them any harder than necessary. They really are decent when you figure they are 7.00/piece, if you're using them a couple times a day of imagine they will last a long time. If you're making 100 belts a day you'd probably want to go with something a little more substantial.

[Cyberthrasher]

If you're making 100 belts a day you'd probably want to go with something a little more substantial.

Cool! . I may have to round up a couple sets of them soon.

But, on a related note, if I were making 100 belts a day, I'd probably have the money/justification to spend more then $7 on a strap punch

[billymac814]

Yes I would hope if you were doing 100 a day you'd have some type of die to cut and punch those. I think they are well worth the money. I would be interested to see the pointed ones and how good they are shaped and if they are symmetrical or not. I have the good ones in sizes I use a lot so these will be perfect for the sizes I don't use often, its better than cutting them for sure.