Pricking irons.

[Beehive]

I'm getting better. 24oz maul and two, dual tine irons. 3.38 and 3.85mm. Using both to make sure the corners were right. 24oz is my sweet spot. I get the best feel when the pricking iron passes through and begins to enter the vinyl pad. 

My book cover is coming along. 

 

 

 

 

[Norik]

Looks good. 

[Beehive]

It's getting .04mm thread in red. I have a huge bobbin of it. Gonna use a john James 004 needle. Mandala Crafts is the brand. I ordered it without thinking. 

One thing for sure. The mandala thread is a proper red thread. Ritza thread in red looks pink. Straight up pink. Not so with Mandala. It's actually red. 

I'm on the down hill slope building my book cover. It took all 26" of the Horween cavalier panel. Another labor of love. No pattern, no dies, nothing but hand fitment. 

Total cost of this cover is about $65. Not including the labor. 

[Beehive]

This Horween sure did take a beating in my stitch pony. 

The stitch line has been rolled. This is what .04mm thread looks like with a majority stitch spacing of 3.85mm.

 

It's rainy here. Picture is kinda foggy.

 

 

Edited February 11 by Beehive

[Beehive]

Here's my entire set. It's rare for me to use the 5 tine. Unless I'm designing the piece to fit a certain length of stitch line. 

Fishing tackle box and a camphor block. They're still wiped down with mineral oil regardless of the camphor.  These are the Buckleguy jobbers. They're the in between priced.  You can find much more expensive, and of course, cheaper pricking irons. 

I'm still learning these. I've gone from a needle in a drill press to irons.  They're worth the money. If I bought them again. I'd buy the single tine, both 2 tines in 3.38 and 3.85, and two 9 tine doing the same. Both sizes. That'd be it.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 11 by Beehive