Hey all,
So I'm a new leatherworker, just getting into everything, buying all the tools and what not. I have another question (there seems to be many topics about this) about overstitchers and pricking irons. I am very into using the right tools for what I am working on. Where do I get a quality, but only moderately expensive, pricking iron?! It seems to me that some people sell pricking irons and diamond stitching chisels to be the same thing. Are they not two different tools? I am interested in buying a pricking iron that marks "/////". These markings will then be pushed through by a sewing awl. I do not want to "punch holes in a precise diamond shape" (excerpt of above link). If this not possible for a moderate price, I think I have seen overstitch wheels that mark a 45 degree line (again, '//////'). Can anyone point me in the right direction or straight up tell me "buy this one."?
Sorry for the rant
Tyler