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Thanks for the pictures, those help. Hmmm - trying to install it, and the awl blade appears to be too large to fit through the ferrule . I'm sure I ordered it wrong (from Weaver), but it is a Saddler's Harness Awl 2-3/4", 2.0 mm. The awl haft is Weaver part number CSO145. Looks like I will be ordering another blade.

Ok - thanks, I figured it must have been as simple as that. I had seen some other video on YT where someone had to put the awl blade in a vise and hammer the haft on. (the video was J.H. Leather's "how to assemble and sharpen a stitching awl" if anyone was curious) The awl she had in the video appears to be a different sort of hafting. It sounds like the one I have is simpler to assemble. When I sharpen it, how far up the blade must it be sharpened - just the first quarter inch or so, or the whole thing?

I bought these from Weaver: Saddler's Harness Awl 1-1/2", 1.2 mm Awl Haft I'm new to this, so I'm not even sure why it is a great thing that stitching awls are sold in pieces, or why they are sold such that the buyer must sharpen them. The awl haft comes with a wrench ... do I just stuff the awl in the haft, or is there some other process that must happen first. I'm very surprised that there are so few instructions on Weaver's site!