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Thanks for the replies. I guess it's just a style thing, then. I just wanted to make sure one way of doing it ddin't make the stitch weaker or the leather prone to tearing and such.

Still brand new to this so I've mostly just been practicing the saddle stitch on some scrap vegtan I picked up at Tandy. I've gotten to where I can make a good stitch front and back and am even getting some consistency stabbing with the awl but I have a question. Searched the forums for about an hour and haven't found an answer so here goes. Assuming we're looking at the front side where the awl stabs. I've been working from left to right. Should the hole be slanted forward like 1) / / / / / / ----------> Or 2) \ \ \ \ \ -------> I've tried it both ways and it seems that method 1 gives more angle to the stitch and method 2 gives a straighter line. Both look good and uniform, but is one method preferred over the other. Thanks in advance. Jeremy

Hello, My name's Jeremy. I've been bitten by the bug and decided to give leather working a try to see if I like it. I bought one of the deluxe stitching kits and some vegtan scraps from Tandy last week and I've had a little time to practice. Getting decent at the saddle stitch but I quickly realized I would need a stitching pony to be able to do make nice holes with the awl. I redid the shelving in the closet recently and had some scrap 1x6 so I found some plans here and made a pony. I think I spent $6 or $7 for the hardware. Not the prettiest and I still have to get some leather to pad it, but I look forward to using it and learning to hopefully make something nice later. I'm sure this forum will be invaluable to my success. Thanks for having me.