MG 3025

Your stitching is really nice. Can you give some details on stitching irons, awl, thread type? Thanks! and keep up the great work.

YinTx

Thanks Yin - I'm still working on it. I'm finding wallets harder than bags. You can get by with some imperfect stitching with a bag... not so much with a wallet.

I'm pretty sure I used my 6spi crafttool Tandy lacing chisel on that one. They have served me extremely well and still work fine on bags. 6spi is a little large for wallets, though. I Probably used my .8 Tiger Thread, as well. The awl blade I got from Barry King.

The next picture over (the lizard skin wallet) was done with my 8spi pricking irons, .6mm Tiger thread, and the same awl, just not pushed as far in. I'm not happy with that thread size, though. I think it needs to be a little smaller still. Unfortunately, tiger thread only goes to .6mm.

Yes, I agree, I have found the smaller the item gets, the more challenging it is. I really want to try watch straps since I have some gator and some ostrich that I want to try on it, but I know they will highlight any errors right away.

Thanks for sharing what you used, helps me to think about what I like about the work and how to apply it myself.

BTW, if you are looking for smaller thread, you might try some of the Barbour linen threads. They are less costly than the Fil Au Chinois, are also nice to stitch with, and also come smaller than the 0.6mm Tiger. You will probably want to draw it through beeswax, much like the Fil Au Chinois.

I imagine the linens are not as strong as the polyester threads, but I haven't been able to break them.

YinTx

I was considering Barbour. There's also a Tiger thread variation that goes even smaller that Abbey England sells, and is also prewaxed. But it's a gigantic amount of only white or black, so I haven't made up my mind.