Hollow punches for the leather industry

This is the motto of Stéphane Lemaître, creator of leather objects at the Subdivise workshop in Boisset Saint Priest (42) - www.subdivise.com

He is working with our hollow punches to make his creations, he tells us about his work and our tools...

"Vegetable-tanned leather is a precious material that should be valued as highly as possible, out of respect for the animals and the hard work of the tanner. The manufacture of leather objects generates a lot of leather scraps of various sizes, from which I wanted to make washers of different diameters. These leather washers can be stacked on a spindle and glued together to form various objects: tool or knife handles, lamp stands, door handles...

Boehm hollow punches are perfect for these cuts:
Their durable cutting edge enables me to effortlessly cut leather 3.5 mm thick and more. Their "thin" profile avoids "packing" the leather on the outside of the cut shape. The handles withstand heavy hammer blows, which saves me fatigue during numerous cuts by reducing the number of blows required. Moreover, the special handle prevents shock waves from being transmitted to the arm holding the tool.
Being able to vary the inside and outside cutting diameters at will gives me enormous creative scope.
The ability to add more than two cutting tools to a single mandrel allows concentric discs to be cut, which is useful for certain creations.
The fact that this is a modular system makes it easy to replace a damaged hollow punch.
The factory is 20 km from my workshop!"