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The mat arrived. I think in person it looks pretty close to the one in the video, maybe their's has a deeper texture than this one though?

I'll attach some pictures and videos. My smartphone is boosting the contrast to make the photos look "better" and I have bad lighting at the moment with a light directly above. It looks more matte in person I think.

It is made of PVC Resin and has a slight smell. 3mm thick. Top side has dots every 10mm, bottom is just textured black.

Here is a translation from their Amazon Japan page regarding the material:

By using virgin soft PVC with strong shrinkage on the surface layer, the biggest function is that the cut marks shrinks and closes, making the mark less noticeable. The hard PVC sandwiched between the middle layer prevents the cutting edge from penetrating. MIWAX The Cutting mat welds three layers of soft PVC + hard PVC + soft PVC by hot press welding. This manufacturing method is laborious and time-consuming, but it is resistant to warping and peeling, and can be used as a double-sided cutting mat. While manufacturers of cutting mats are shifting overseas due to price competition, we manufacture them consistently from raw materials to finishing at factories in Japan.

It has a good self-healing ability, straight cuts with a thin retractable NT Cutter blade, japanese skiving knife, and others all disappeared after a few minutes. Even round corner cuts and guilottine chop with japanese skiving disappeared.

Round punch hole remains, but it's visibility reduced by around 50% atleast.

Edit: After about 1 hour I checked the mat again and can no longer see the round punch hole anymore.

I think Delrin / POM is still my favorite surface so far. But, I think this cutting mat will work great for cutting out patterns or in general when using the NT cutter knife as it usually leaves deep cuts in my POM surface.

POM is the surface below the mat with all the scratches in the photos.