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Sorry for the bad quality my phones been dropped one too many times, ill try and get some better pics up soon

Made of 3-4oz Veg Tanned Herman Oak. Stitched with 0.6 tiger thread in cream.

Ah yes, that does make sense. Excellent and thank you sir.

I found this pricking iron on Amazon, it says 3.38mm but the product details are extremely lacking. Can anyone tell me how many SPI I can get with this? I'm sewing with 0.6mm tiger thread. Thanks. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LKUWN5O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thats not a bad idea. I ordered an Osborne diamond awl from amazon that will be here on monday...until then I heard you can also grind a nail into a diamond shape and I might try that to hold me over until the real one gets here.

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Okay so I visited my only tiny local leather place around and purchased a groover and over stitcher and to my displeasure he also told me that a scratch awl won't work for making holes it's just for marking. He didn't have any diamond awls or punches in stock so I guess I'm on the hunt for one. Hopefully I can find an awl at a hardware store or somewhere local because I can't wait another week for one to be shipped (to Canada). I've got wallets to make! Thanks, I just discovered Nigels youtube channel last night and his videos are fantastic, I'm really learning a lot. Also the foam ball cut in half sounds like a fantastic idea, I will give it a try!

Hello. I'm looking to start making leather wallets and my question is: are prick punches for stitching necessary? I'm on an extremely limited budget and a decent chisel is expensive not counting a full set of them. Can I make due with just the awl? So far I've ordered a 3/4 oz veg tanned shoulder from Springfield leather with two sizes of needles, some beeswax, and a scratch awl. I already own a nice metal straight edge ruler, some dark brown oil dye and I'm in the market for some polyester thread. Can I get away without a stitching groover and overstitcher?

Oddly enough I like the first wallet you made the best, it seems like it has some character and the leather has a really nice look.