Willie, It looks that way to me. To prove it I took out an old Cattaraugus scout knife with a punch blade and tried it out.Owd Wullie wrote:Reckon all those later patented punches were just an attempt to "re-invent the wheel"? With that hole made by the punch you just showed working, doesn't seem like you could get a lot better result with anything made later.
It was harder to push through, it took more turns to make the hole, and it left some leather material behind. It was not as clean or fast as the early punch on the horseman`s knife.