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Chose a Japanese screw punch over a standard awl and my sewing holes stopped wandering
Last month I had a stack of 14 signatures to punch for a rebind and I stood in the garage trying to pick between my old steady awl and a Japanese screw punch a friend lent me. I went with the screw punch because I was sick of holes drifting off the line when my hand got tired. It took a bit to line each signature up on the little mat, but every hole landed exactly where I marked it and the sewing went through clean on the first try. My awl is now just for opening old holes, and the punch sits on the bench full time. Has anyone else made the switch, and do you bother with the two-hole guide or just freehand it?
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