OWDEN 12Piece Leather Hole Punch Set with a Free Cutting mat,Leather Tool,Leather Hollow Punch Set, Round Hole Punch Set,Cut Leather Rubber Paper Soft Material

This set is an incredible value for the price. The punches but cleanly with minimal effort. The organizer makes it easy to find the punch you want and to determine the right size. The included punching board is a nice touch.

These punches are nice and sharp The pad is small but very useful. I put the punch in a vise, put the material to be punched on the cutting edge and hit it with a rubber mallet. Works much better than the traditional way of hitting the punch into the material. These are steel so wipe them after using and put some oil on them to make sure they don't rust. I would buy again in a minute.

These leather punches work well for making felt washers (I'm another grand piano person). With a little practice, you'll be able to punch the center hole concentrically. A heavier hammer seems to work better, but there's a possibility of punching through the backer if you have a heavy hand. This punch set is easy to use. They're easy to align and so far, I have not distorted the cutting edges. These are comfortable to hold so that makes the design good.

I purchased this punch set because I reload black powder cartridges from the 1860s to 1890s, which often need an overpowder wad to balance the load and provide for inert filler on top of the powder. You can purchase pre-cut wads from specialty suppliers, but only in the most popular calibers, and for a price that becomes burdensome if you shoot a lot. One can purchase cork or other vegetable fiber sheets from most any craft store for low cost, and with this inexpensive punch set make your own wads. The provided punches will cover most popular calibers (0.25", 0.32", 0.43", 0.45", 0.50", 0.577", 20 gauge and 12 gauge). I have punched out hundreds of 0.577" wads and found no significant diminishing of sharpness or ease of use. Since the cutting edge is ground from the outside, it will be relatively easy to sharpen on a belt sander/grinder if you ever need to sharpen the punch cutting edges. One thing to note is that the provided cutting mat will get you started with perhaps 20 - 50 wads or holes but you will need a sheet of plastic or wood (cutting board material works well) as a cutting surface if you wish to cut many wads or holes. If you are making wads, it is helpful though not strictly necessary to have a short length of dowel to push the wads out of the punch bore. All in all this is a good product and excellent value for the money.

Works great

i think it a good product however i found it didn’t work for me.Art

These punches are NOT dull! If you’re having difficulty getting them to go through, you’re probably using them on the wrong surface. Don’t use wood, a cutting board, or even a Poundo™️ Board. Instead, use a polyboard. The cutting boards sold in department stores for kitchen use are perfect and you can get them in sets of 3 or more different sizes. Put the polyboard on a sturdy table or workbench and I promise you’ll be punching through an inch of leather in no time! Also, while it’s not absolutely necessary, polishing the edges of your punches will make a HUGE difference in not only how easily they cut, but how easily they pull back out of whatever material you’re punching through. Look at the edge around the very tip of the punch in my first photo - you can see horizontal “scratches” that run all the way around the shiny edge around the tip. Then look at the second photo which is the same punch after pulling it across a leather strop a few times. The scratches are almost gone! Those scratches literally grip the material, absorbing a lot of the energy you’d rather have working FOR you instead of AGAINST you! Do yourself a favor and search YouTube for “how to make a leather strop,” and start POLISHING the edges of every cutting surface you’ve ever “sharpened.” Believe me, sharpening is only an early stage of making an edge “sharp,” and polishing makes a difference you have to see and feel to understand. But even if you can’t be bothered to spend a few minutes with a strop on these punches, a sturdy table and a polyboard alone will change your life! Do both and I promise you’ll be very, very happy!!

These are well made just what I was looking for. I’ve been working with leather and putting grommets in tarps. They work well.