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Where To Get The Narrowest Diamond Awl Blade From?


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Getting ready to try making a watch band. Planning on using either .6mm Tiger thread or 532 or 632 Lin Cable thread. I need to get an appropriately sized awl blade- would like recommendation on size ( just guessing the smaller the better) and where to get.

I currently use a Bob Douglas awl blade- but its for stitching with 207 or 277 size thread

Thanks

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In Valerie Michaels book, she recommends:

leather thickness stitches per inch thread size needle size awl size

1mm or less 12 35/3 6-7 1 3/4"

1.5mm 10 30 or 25/3 5-6 2"

Hope that helps.

Alex

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I just bought this awl from rocky mountain supply

http://www.rmleathersupply.com/collections/tools/products/vergez-blanchard-diamond-awl-38mm

its 2.3 mm wide at the widest point. It was the smallest one I found when shopping around. I am using it for my blanchard pricking iron (9spi).

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thank you for the replies- I have also been looking at the same awl from Rocky Mountain. Was also planning on using it with a Blanchard 9spi pricking iron

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