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That That's great! Thank you for your answer. What size of awl are you using?

Dear leatherworkers, As most of us do, I'm after that nice slanted finish left by diamont shaped awls when saddle stitching. I mostly use 0.8 mm waxed linen thread (that's just what I have) and I've decided to get myself a good quality awl since a local shop carries some Vergez Blanchard models (all of them). To achieve a similar look as in the picture attached, what size awl would you recommend out of all of their models when stitching with 0.8 mm thread. What do you usually use? I might also get some 7 spi or 9 spi irons depending on their availability, but I like using the awl when stitching as well. Looking forward to hear your recommendations, and the different finishes larger or smaller awl might leave behind. Share and learn!

Dear all, I am more of a tanner than a leatherworker, and I vegetable tan reindeer and other game hides myself using traditional methods. Although I'm not new to sewing leather either, I would like to tackle and interesting project for which I need some help. The picture attached shows a pair of komager, which are traditional northern-Scandinavian shoes. I distinguish two different types of stitching: a running stitch keeping the tongue and toe box together, and a zig-zag stitch, which looks like a very slanted saddle-stitching, on the upper parts. I have two questions: 1) How is this extreme slanted pattern achieved? It seems like a diamond awl wasn't used, as there aren't any apparent gaps as we often see in saddle-stitching with diamont awls. Any information about this would be highly appreciated. 2) How is the stitching at the front of the moccasin achieved? We have a running stitch around the lower side of the seam, but a slanted stitch on the top. Because there are up to four stacked layers of leather, I assume there's a running stich on top of the tongue as well, covered under a "decorative" strip supporting the slanted stitch. However, I can't figure out how that is done, so that the thin strips supporting the slanted stitch perfectly sit on the running stitch below. Any suggestions or insights will be helpful as well. Anyways, hope this questions were interesting to some of you, as we don't see many of these projects online on this forum. Share and learn! keeping the tongue and toe box together