Tools and Equipment
Leather Punch
Also Known As Turret Pliers
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A tool that cuts a clean round hole through leather: either a simple handheld punch struck with a mallet, or a spring-loaded turret of pliers carrying several punch sizes on a revolving head so the worker dials up the diameter needed, commonly from about 1 to 6 millimeters, for a buckle, eyelet or rivet.
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Introduced When (Circa)The revolving turret-punch pliers were patented in 1865 by Peter Bauer of Newark, New York 1 OriginBauer's 1865 patent described a means for punching holes of different sizes into leather, paper or similar material, and for inserting and heading eyelets, essentially the same job the turret punch still does. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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