Product review: Teflon bone folder or folding bone

I ordered this thing on Amazon because I needed to order a second item in order to qualify for free shipping. After about two days of tortured dithering and indecision about what second item I should buy, I remembered that perhaps I could use an actual folding bone. So that's how I ended up with this thing.

The product: "Mr HobNob Teflon Bone Folder" (this is *not* an affiliate link, so I don't care whether or not you decide to also purchase one of these for yourself) Apparently my Amazon account doesn't meet the qualifications to leave a review, so... here's my review. Also, I figured I could be more long-winded here.

3 stars.

What is a folding bone?
A folding bone is used for various papercrafts; in my case, I use one for origami. It saves my fingernails from getting torn up due to pressing down folds. Apparently, folding bones can also be used for cardmaking.

Before acquiring this actual folding bone, I'd just use my fingernails or a makeshift folding bone that was a repurposed milk jug handle punchout. You can find these sometimes scattered on the floor/shelves of a dairy case at the grocery store or Costco; that's where I've collected mine. They are small pieces of plastic about the size of a thumb.

So how do you like the actual folding bone?
I tried this out briefly and it's functional, although heavier than I expected or was used to (the milk jug punchouts are quite lightweight). The material and therefore folding edge seems to be kind of soft and after making only a few folds, it was shredding a little. I worry that it'll get a lot more shredded/worn if I use it frequently.

It is 6.75 inches long, .75 inches wide and about 3/8 in. thick. It's relatively hefty and definitely has a weighty feel to it, but it's not necessarily too heavy. When it came, it had a few small marks on it and I had expected that it'd be completely new and fresh-looking. The marks don't affect performance and are just an aesthetic concern.

Suppposedly the benefit of a teflon folding bone is that it won't leave marks on paper, but I never really cared about that. It might be interesting to try folding bones made from other materials.

I would probably give this thing 3 stars; it works as intended, although I wish the edge wouldn't shred even after just using it briefly. I decided that if I didn't like this that much for use as an actual folding bone, I could always just use it as a hair stick, which is what I'm doing now.

As a folding bone, due to the shredding/wearing issue, it might be closer to 2 stars, but for my hair, I like it a lot, so as a hair stick, 5 stars.