Beginner Working With Thicker Layers Of Leather And Inverse Pricking Iron

[zikman]

I would suggest that you get the right leather first before dropping a load of money on another tool. If I used vergez blanchard pricking irons, I would not be using them on cheap remnant leather.

[naz]

Thank you Macca, twinoaks and all,

Here is my stitches the black one, and saw they were in different direction w the blue hermes one when I was using the regular pricking iron, couldnt figure out if hermes one was made w the inverse iron/portmentau ..

Edited December 4, 2014 by naz

[silverwingit]

Joe, I beg to differ. You are clearly crazy... about leatherwork!

And, keep it up!

Michelle

[Hi Im Joe]

Joe, I beg to differ. You are clearly crazy... about leatherwork!

And, keep it up!

Michelle

I'm crazy about a lot! Thanks though Michelle for the kind words!

[whipstitchwallets]

a major point of punching both sides of the leather with the same pricking iron is to separate the pieces before doing so, so you don't literally have X slits.

edit: to clarify, you would see an X if you could see through the leather

Edited December 4, 2014 by whipstitchwallets

[kevinp]

The idea behind the pricking iron is to prick one side of the leather and use a diamond awl to finish making the hole when you stitch, this is how the tool should be used. If you use it to punch all the way though your stitch marks will be too large which will make the thread lay wrong in the slits. And to prick both sides with the same tool is just odd

[25b]

And to prick both sides with the same tool is just odd

Just because you don't want to do something a certain way is no reason to say those of us that do this are "odd".

I use them on both sides of the leather and stitches on both sides then look good. There is NOTHING WRONG with doing it this way and people shouldn't be discouraged from trying it by callings them "odd" if they do.

[naz]

thanks Kevinp, can you see my last photos on page 1 and see if the blue hermes bag has the inverse pricking iron on the front stitch, can a regular awl still be used w the inverse pricking iron or does the awl also have to be inversed?(in other terms is there anything like inverse awl?)

Edited December 4, 2014 by naz

[DavidL]

i dont understand naz. Why cant you use the same awl on a portmanteau, there isn't a such thing as an inverse awl as it would look exactly the same as a reg. awl (unless I'm misunderstanding). Your stitches also completely depend on the leather you are using, low quality leather in my experience create a different stitch than kangaroo veg for instance.

[naz]

my vergez diamond awl shape follows the shape of regular my reg pricking iron but if the slants are reversed in portmentau wouldnt the cut shape of the my diamond awl create an X w the portmentau - I was wondering.

Edited December 4, 2014 by naz