Hirsch Marking Punch

Description

Hirsch Marking Punch

These hardened steel German punches measure are used to add decoration to your boxes, cabinets, carvings or turnings. Hirsch offers four patterns.

Eye

Eye

Hirsch refers to this as the Dot pattern, but the center point is surrounded by a small ring so it works well to create eyes. It creates an imprint about 1/8″ in diameter. The punch is 6mm square by 65mm long (~1/4″ by 2-9/16″).

Cross

Cross

The Cross punch creates an imprint about 9/32″ across. The punch is 9mm square by 75mm long (~3/8″ by “3”).

Asterisk

Asterisk

The Asterisk punch creates an imprint about 1/4″ across. The punch is 9mm square by 75mm long (~3/8″ by 3″).

Dots

Dots

The Dots punch is used for checkering. It cretaes an imprint about 1/4″ across. The punch is 9mm square by 75mm long (~3/8″ by 3″).

This is a sample of each punch used on soft maple.