IBM Port-A-Punch

According to the IBM Archive: IBM's Supplies Division introduced the Port-A-Punch in 1958 as a fast, accurate means of manually punching holes in specially scored IBM punched cards. Designed to fit in the pocket, Port-A-Punch made it possible to create punched card documents anywhere. The product was intended for "on-the-spot" recording operations—such as physical inventories, job tickets and statistical surveys—because it eliminated the need for preliminary writing or typing of source documents. Unfortunately, the resulting holes were "furry" (i.e. not cleanly cut, owing to the perforations) and sometimes caused problems with the equipment used to read the cards.