New Handmade Belt End Punches From Ebay

[billymac814]

It wasn't much work for me on my setup. I'd do a little more than a stropping, start with some fine sandpaper and then the strop and they should be good to go. I actually really like mine, the blade is much finer on them than those really heavy thick ones. When I use my heavy Osborne strap end punches they are so thick and the bevel is so steep it creates an angled cut, that doesn't happen with these ones. They are well worth the price. Your great grand kids may not end up with them but if you take care of them they should last a long time.

[mountainm]

I got one of these a couple of weeks back. Needed a sharpen but does the job very well and at a good price.

[Undeadzombiehunter]

The Chinese are great copiers and little regard for intellectual property, btu saying that they are an ancient race with skills and capabilities when they want to apply it. After all they are starting with good Australian iron ore. Some of there stuff is junk and some of it surprisingly good.

I bought some hole punches for next to nothing, and not withstanding the shipping delays, they were ok. Ok, not great.

I tested them when they arrived with a file and found them a little soft. But being a sometimes knife maker, a soak in the forge and oil quench resolved that. I did not bother tempering them, but after the hardening they were much harder and they work well.

If I were a professional and used them every day, i would have a press and use premium equipment. But even my Chinese lathe has remained accurate once I spent some time accurising it.

If you take a chance and end up disappointed, big deal. You pays your money and and takes your chances and sometimes get lucky.

It reminds me,of the adage, if you lend someone $50 and end up never seeing them again....it was worth it.

Tony