EK Tools Circle Punch, 1.25-Inch, New Package

Wow- the product photos do not represent the size and heft of this punch. In the past I have purchased many plastic circle punches that break after a short amount of usage. This punch is not flimsy, its heavy and large in size, the back side is open so that you can see the image that you are cutting. Highly recommend, will never go back to the plastic crap!

● Solid build, not made out of cheap plastic material ● the circle cutter cut accurately with no paper trim attached to finish circles ● the lock that holds the cutter in place is a bit stiff but it work fine.

Good circle punch for paper and cardstock

I needed a punch that would cut through laminated paper. I did not know how difficult it would be to find something to cut out a circle. I opened my package right away when I received my punch and tried it on a scrap of lamination (with regular paper and 5 mil laminate) and it cut without any problem. Then I tried 110 card stock with 5 mil lamination and that worked as well. This is the best punch you can buy!

Nice punch, exactly what I needed and good quality so far, only used it a few times.

I really like this tool. It has a nice weight to it and punches through paper very well. It even has a little latch to keep it closed too when not in use. However, I bought it with the purpose of cutting out artwork to use for my button maker to create 1.25 buttons and the cut outs are too small. When you assemble the paper to the button, the paper does not wrap around the button fully. Their size of the cut out needs to be a bit bigger. Lesson learned.

I own about 10 EK Tools punches and I have to say that I think the quality has gone downhill over the years. I have had some punches for years and they continue to work great. I have bought 2 in the last year or so and they are dull and barely work. I bought an identical one to replace one that worked so bad and I swear the new one barely works any better. EK used to be my favorite brand as I felt they were easier and more comfortable to use....but I am not sure anymore.

I make 1 inch pin back buttons and this produces the perfect size blank for that purpose. The design is very sturdy feeling and the cutting element is nice and sharp. The locking mechanism for storage is quite clever.

I was using this with a one inch of another brand, on chipboard for the crafts I do. Well on the first piece, the El - Junko brand fell apart in pieces. No more cute R-2 D-2 looking contraption. But this one from EK, an inch and a half, trooped right through I did the whole board in under a minute. Had well established circles exactly how I needed them. Very happy with this brand. However I will warn about others. They arent all alike. EK seems to have a good thing going on with their engineering and QC. Ill take functional over cute any day. Thanks.