German “Henssson“ Paper Punch Restoration - High Gloss Japanning Technique

#restoration #antique #punch Hello, glad you are visiting my channel. In this video I restore a paper punch. I saw the old hole punch and was immediately fascinated by the extremely functional design. The entire mechanism is exposed and very demonstrative. Unfortunately, the beautifully exposed mechanism is heavily rusted and no longer fully functional. The punch was manufactured by Henssson, an office supplies company that produced in Weimar, Germany around the 1910s. The restoration of the antique office article I started as always with the complete disassembly. During the disassembly, I noticed that all the rusty mechanical parts were once nickel plated. This is clearly visible from the flaking coating that is eroded by the rust. After disassembly, I once again had the parts sandblasted by mister patina. The sandblasting was very time consuming because the punch was not painted but had a japanning coating. This very complex technique was very often used at the beginning of th