Leather Hole Punch Giveaway

[Tannin]

... It is going to be a little hard to find the actual subject among the 4,500 entries under "leather hole punch" on amazon without a little help from the seller. ... It can also point out why CSO or Sprenger punches are superior or whatever. Even a CSO or Sprenger punch can't beat one you can hit with a hammer, and if you are even reasonably competent at sharpening, you can find belt punches that will do the job all over ebay for practically nothing...

I got one of these higher quality (heavy duty I would say) but no-name punch pliers from Amazon last year. It's made in Taiwan and I've been very pleased with it. It's solid, not cheap for sure but it compares well with some (very) similar looking name brand products that cost far more (I suspect the manufacturer supplies other companies).

[Thor]

I got one of these higher quality (heavy duty I would say) but no-name punch pliers from Amazon last year. It's made in Taiwan and I've been very pleased with it. It's solid, not cheap for sure but it compares well with some (very) similar looking name brand products that cost far more (I suspect the manufacturer supplies other companies).

You're right. That manufacturer makes it for quite a few. The cheapest source in the US is Jeffers pet http://www.jefferspet.com/products/leather-punch

I'm having the Osborne branded one and that one. No difference at all. Unfortunately they only ship within the US and to Canada.

[TinkerTailor]

To the OP, please fill out your profile data, impressions are important, and no profile gives a bad impression.

To the rest who didn't get a chance at the "free" deal; you don't have to buy a product on amazon (or get it free) to write a review. The review can point out that the other reviewers got the product free for a review. It can also point out why CSO or Sprenger punches are superior or whatever. Even a CSO or Sprenger punch can't beat one you can hit with a hammer, and if you are even reasonably competent at sharpening, you can find belt punches that will do the job all over ebay for practically nothing.

Art

Don't most websites frown upon companies that pay people for reviews? That is what is happening here. What is the point of a review site if you can buy good reviews.......

[Art]

The problem with the Other "look alike" punches vs the CSO punch is that the CSO tubes fit the CSO Rotary and the CSO Single tube punches and most all of the competitor brands do not. CSO has been making that same Punch and Tubes (and anvil) for as long as I can remember, so it's not their fault. It is not like the Taiwanese and Chinese can't make SAE threading, it is just they won't for some reason.

Does anyone really in their fondest maginations, think we are going to convert peacefully, well maybe if ALL the manufacturing leaves the US, but then who will have enough money to buy their stuff?

I don't have too much trouble with getting something free to write a review (has to be able to go either way though), and I don't recommend something I haven't used (and abused). A few manufacturers send me things for review, and seldom do they want something used returned, even if the review is crappy. So I don't think they are paying for a review, even here where it is a little blatant.

Art

[Colt W Knight]

I got my free hole punch today and punched a bunch of holes in some scrap veg tan. Works better than my cs osborne rotary punch. The punches came sharper and the articulated handles apply more force with less pressure, and it doesn't have that spring steel to pinch the shit out of your hand.

I don't know how it will hold up, but I think it's worth their ~20$ asking price.

[24VOLTS]

Do we get to see the tools and the reviews?

[Mike516]

This topic has been removed to the proper Marketplace category. It is going to be a little hard to find the actual subject among the 4,500 entries under "leather hole punch" on amazon without a little help from the seller. Nonetheless, this is a blatant ploy to access the many, many, active members here on leatherworker.net (many thousands).

To the OP, please fill out your profile data, impressions are important, and no profile gives a bad impression.

To the rest who didn't get a chance at the "free" deal; you don't have to buy a product on amazon (or get it free) to write a review. The review can point out that the other reviewers got the product free for a review. It can also point out why CSO or Sprenger punches are superior or whatever. Even a CSO or Sprenger punch can't beat one you can hit with a hammer, and if you are even reasonably competent at sharpening, you can find belt punches that will do the job all over ebay for practically nothing.

Art

I'm with you on this. I been using the Tandy rotary punch for a few years and the tubes and anvil have never lined up right making for a real PITA. Recently a spring flew out of the handle and something inside the wheel broke. I wasn't expecting it to last forever but I was kind of disappointed it broke the way it did.

So I pulled out a set of cheap hole punches you hit with a hammer I had sitting unused in a drawer, and I have to say I am really wondering why I been using that stupid rotary punch all these years. I'm converted and I see no reason to go back. For now. Ask me again in a few years and see if I'm still happy with them.

[Colt W Knight]

I'm with you on this. I been using the Tandy rotary punch for a few years and the tubes and anvil have never lined up right making for a real PITA. Recently a spring flew out of the handle and something inside the wheel broke. I wasn't expecting it to last forever but I was kind of disappointed it broke the way it did.

So I pulled out a set of cheap hole punches you hit with a hammer I had sitting unused in a drawer, and I have to say I am really wondering why I been using that stupid rotary punch all these years. I'm converted and I see no reason to go back. For now. Ask me again in a few years and see if I'm still happy with them.

For leather craft work, I don't see much use in a pliers type rotary punch. However, When I was in the horse business. Punching holes in bridles and saddles while they were on the horse would have been impossible with a hand held punch and hammer.

[Mike516]

For leather craft work, I don't see much use in a pliers type rotary punch. However, When I was in the horse business. Punching holes in bridles and saddles while they were on the horse would have been impossible with a hand held punch and hammer.

The only thing I can think of that was slightly more convenient with the rotary punch was the ease of changing hole size. The hole punches I use now you have to screw a different head on every time you want to make a different size hole. But it only takes about 10 seconds to change heads, so I'm not sure if it's really that inconvenient. As much as I came to hate that rotary punch, it would have to be a whole lot more than changing heads to make me go back.

[Colt W Knight]

The only thing I can think of that was slightly more convenient with the rotary punch was the ease of changing hole size. The hole punches I use now you have to screw a different head on every time you want to make a different size hole. But it only takes about 10 seconds to change heads, so I'm not sure if it's really that inconvenient. As much as I came to hate that rotary punch, it would have to be a whole lot more than changing heads to make me go back.

That does sound annoying, I like using the individual CS Osborne punches. I don't like the screw in things because they seem to unscrew when I don't expect it. They don't come sharp, but they do a good job once sharpened. My Tandy punches fell apart after sharpening. I think only the very tips were hardened.

Edited January 13, 2016 by Colt W Knight