Unfortunately all of my bookmarks were hole punched at the wrong end and I don't think that a hole punch placement was included in the proof, although I don't remember entirely. I'm sure that Vograce would have been willing to reprint them for me, but I didn't want to waste the ones that I had so I did end up re-punching them and trimming off the bottoms myself.
They do seem relatively durable although a couple did get bent in shipping, but two out of fifty isn't bad at all. The tassles are also a nice quality and are easy enough to add to the bookmarks, and I'm grateful that each of the bookmarks come with their own protective sleeve packaging. That being said, I do wish that there was less plastic packaging involved in this item, although I do recognise that it does keep all of the individual elements protected.