LilRay Report post Posted April 23, 2011 Newbie needs help. I just got all the hand stitching tools including Al Stolman's book, but these questions aren't answered. God Bless, Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big O Report post Posted April 23, 2011 It seems to go easier, and looks better, when cased. ......and the grooving can help establish boundaries for the tooling. Just my opinion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MADMAX22 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 I think it depends on the project, if you are antiquing then it will collect that stuff which will transfer to your tools when your stitching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilRay Report post Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) Gonna give a go at it cased here shortly. Wish me luck. God Bless, Ray Edited April 23, 2011 by LilRay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAYAK45 Report post Posted May 7, 2011 Gonna give a go at it cased here shortly. Wish me luck. God Bless, Ray WELL? Which is better for you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilRay Report post Posted May 7, 2011 WELL? Which is better for you? Well, I've done three wallets since posting, and the third one was best. It had nearly returned to dry before I'd grooved it but I don't know still which is best:head_hurts_kr: . The third was the first I got a nice deep consistant groove in so I was proud of that. I'm really just now getting some traction on correctly holding/using the tools. My overstitch wheel had an eighth of an inch play in it from the factory (2 different ones) until I broke out the pliers (thanks to LW.net) My opinion so far is cased, but as always I'm liable to change my mind. Thanks for asking KAYAK! God Bless, Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
