I've been doing this for about 3 weeks, starting with the Simpzia scratch awl that came with their cheap 24 dollar kit. I was to ignorant to realize it really wasn't for punching holes, but that's what I used it for and bent it. I then got the Tandy 4 in 1 awl and a Wuta diamond awl. The needle on the Wuta awl was broken when it got here so they sent me another one free of charge. Unfortunately, I dropped the second Wuta after about 2 hours of use and snapped it's tip off. So then I went to the Tandy diamond awl and noticed how much harder it is to punch holes with as compared to the Wuta. I've tried sharpening and stropping both, but I couldn't seem to improve them much. The question I'm getting at, is the Tandy that bad of an awl, or are my mechanics or sharpening skills that bad?
