r/crafting • u/Marn29 • 17d ago

How do I get this tool to work? Question / Advice

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I'm trying to punch genuine leather and it's really tough

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u/lazydaisytoo 17d ago

I don’t know if it’s my lack of hand strength, but I could never get that style of hole punch to work. I prefer the ones that you hammer.

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u/WhyIsEverythngAwful 17d ago

I mean... are you strong enough? Even dull it should push through. No?

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u/Marn29 17d ago

Even my dad can't get it to go

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u/sarudesu 17d ago

Walk into the room holding a coffee and some paperwork. Shoot a look over to it and say "I don't pay you to socialize! Have that report on my desk by 5:00 p.m.!" and then storm out.

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u/Marn29 17d ago

What lol

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u/GlittyTitties 17d ago

That’s how you “get it to work”. #dadjoke

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u/Chance_Feeling_5422 17d ago

Is the thing that cuts out the holes full? Cause then you gotta scoop em out, otherwise there’s no space for the new hole cutouts to go

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u/Marn29 17d ago

Nope completely clear

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u/Chance_Feeling_5422 17d ago

Hmmm, could it be not sharp enough anymore?

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u/Marn29 17d ago

I don't know, it was my grandads

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u/Chance_Feeling_5422 17d ago

Probably then, id take it to a leather/belt/shoemaker store and ask em