Most Diamond Shaped Diamond Awls?

[Boriqua]

Dont know if this has been addressed but I couldnt find it. I have 2 diamond awls. I have a tandy blade that must be 15 yrs old and a small Vergez Blanchard. My Tandy has a very clearly defined diamond shape with sharp corners while my Vergez has a flatter diamond shape with the diamond shape kind of rounded over. I tried to get pictures that would show this.

The Tandy measures at its widest points 2.9mm x 2mm and the Vergez 2.8mm x 1.5mm. I find the stitching that comes from the Tandy especially with heavier thread to be quite a bit more pleasing. I cant tell from pictures what awls have a clearly defined Diamond shape. I looked at Seiwa and craft cha and they look like what I want but .. hoping someone here has something in their hands that they can definitively say ..yup Diamond shape.

I went to tandy and what they have as awl blades is deplorable. I bought one but its not like the one I have. It was dull as my finger and was an oval not a diamond.

On the leather scrap the tandy is the top row and the Vergez the bottom.

Tandy cross section. You can see how thick it is. Needs to be polished so off I go

[25b]

The Seiwa ones are diamond shaped.

[billybopp]

The Seiwa are diamond shaped, straight sided, and available in three sizes. At $15 -17.50 a piece, most can afford all three. I find that size 1 and 2 are the ones I mostly use.

Here's a picture including the Tandy crap awl that I started with, the three Seiwas, and another that is, I think, Osborne.

Edited September 5, 2015 by billybopp

[Boriqua]

I wanted to thank you for your responses and wanted to add just in case it wasnt clear .. the leather sample with holes I punched is the old tandy awl on top which makes the type of hole I am looking for and the bottom row a Vergez I bought about 6 months ago. I am happy with the old tandy but the new tandy awl blades .... Bad.

I want diamond not oval.

Looks like I am ordering some Seiwa.

Edited September 5, 2015 by Boriqua