DaveP Report post Posted October 9, 2021 Today at the flea market for $2.00. C.S. Osborne hole punch in great shape. Yep...happy!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted October 9, 2021 oooh yea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted October 10, 2021 man, score! I'm trying to find replacements for the tubes, those are over $35 alone! YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handstitched Report post Posted October 11, 2021 Don't you just love it when the seller has no idea what they're selling ? On 10/10/2021 at 9:22 AM, YinTx said: I'm trying to find replacements for the tubes, those are over $35 alone! Perhaps carefully sharpen them yourself? round files, jewellers files ? What a bargain HS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted October 11, 2021 Only leatherworkers would get excited about an old rotary hole punch ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted October 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Handstitched said: Perhaps carefully sharpen them yourself? round files, jewellers files ? Yeah, I would but these are kinda mangled. 24 minutes ago, fredk said: Only leatherworkers would get excited about an old rotary hole punch ! indeed, I'm easily entertained lol. And @DaveP's still has the spring intact! YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dikman Report post Posted October 11, 2021 8 hours ago, fredk said: Only leatherworkers would get excited about an old rotary hole punch ! Ain't that the truth! $2!! That goes beyond being a bargain!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handstitched Report post Posted October 12, 2021 21 hours ago, fredk said: Only leatherworkers would get excited about an old rotary hole punch ! Theres a nerd in all of us I'm sure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 7:22 PM, YinTx said: man, score! I'm trying to find replacements for the tubes, those are over $35 alone! YinTx take them off chuck em up in a drill and use a file, if they arent to hard then a stone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumberland Highpower Report post Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) I used to have one just like that but lost it somewhere along the line... Osborne made a very limited number of punches to Government specifications in the past, and those punches used a taper friction fit tube and NOT a screw in type. It looks like yours is of that type from the photo. If you look carefully do they appear to be threaded and screwed in, or pressed in and held by a taper? IF it's a Govt Spec punch, the original owner probably got it for "free" as he probably carried home as contraband, but at $2 you have a GREAT find. When I pointed out that I had this model Osborne punch that didn't take screw in tubes, I was lightly derided here on this forum until an Osborne rep stepped in and noted I had a Govt property punch and detailed how they were different. Now, you might laugh but I lightly sharpened mine on occasion without removing the tubes. I used a brass deburring tool made by Wilson and it can lightly sharpen the inside and outside of your tubes so long as they don't have big chips out of them. Edited October 12, 2021 by Cumberland Highpower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
