Tip: For the next step, we advise protecting your work surface during hammering. A wooden/plastic chopping board, or an old piece of wood will work well for this.

Position the frontside half of the eyelet through the eyelet hole in the shoe. It should remain relatively well in place.

Next, position the backside eyelet half onto the punch tool, and carefully lift the tool to the eyelet hole.

This can be fiddly! Take your time and if the eyelet halves fall out, take care to re-install them back onto the correct sides.

Close the punch tool, to keep the two halves securely together. Make sure this is in a comfortable orientation, to allow hammering onto the wooden block in the next step.