Customer Reviews

Fiskars SQM-7304 Squeeze Paper Punch, Medium, Block Party

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I purchased the medium block punch, thinking I would have a 1" x 1" square.
After receiving the punch, however, I find it is smaller. On the back of the package it says it is "1 cm/.625 inches" . First, I don't think 1 cm equals .625 inches. Second, there is nothing in the descriptions (here or elsewhere that I could find) saying it is 1" across DIAGONALLY. So if anyone is needing a 1" x 1" square, this is not it.
Otherwise, the quality of these punches are fair. Not excellent, but they are handy and easy to use.

This might be okay if you're punching thin paper, one sheet at a time, but when I tried heavier paper the plastc - yes, plastic! - handle snapped right off. Maybe mine had a defect, or a weak section, but without a metal core the plastic will eventually weaken and break. Not at all worth the money, I will never buy one like this again.

I ordered this product for a school project, it was supposed to be a one-inch square. What I received was an irregular measurement of 11/16 of an inch. The punch itself works well but the project was made exponentially more difficult due to this error in description. I would be wary of purchasing from this seller again.

The 1" square punch actually creates a square that fits inside a 1.5" diameter circle. This means the square is more like 1.06066017 inches. (Diameter of the circle is 1.5 inches. If you put a square in the circle, the diagonal line across the square is 1.5", creating a triangle with a 1.5" hypotenuse and unknown size of each side. A squared plus B squared = C squared. if A=B, you get 2A^2=1.5^2. It's easy to solve from there...)


It doesn't matter a lot, except if you are creating squares that you want to fit into a larger project - like cover a certain size surface. As you put square next to square, the difference adds up surprisingly quickly!