Jun 8
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
Elegant lines of holes in eye popping pink and purple fabrics. The punches are so sharp, I didn’t need the eyelets to neaten them up.
I have two sets of punches. The first set is old, and interesting, and was given to me by a friend, and has character and a history and even a great wooden holder:
and all the edges need sharpening. I didn’t realize this was the case until I broke down and purchased this:
soulless, mass produced, no history, no sweet wooden block, one quarter as many choices of size, and yet, I am smitten. And embarrassed. These ones work so well. The hammer. Just look at the cuteness factor on that hammer. Unfortunately, even using the cute hammer on the old punches doesn’t work that well. They really need sharpening. I need to ask my dad if they can be sharpened.
Lee Thomson 