Problem with prickng irons

[Dpalmay]

I would normally have no issues with sanding down and polishing, but smaller apartment life means not much storage space (aka, wife complains when I buy tools to work on my tools). If there's a better brand out there, I'll just upgrade the chisels and let these ones go.

 

I see the Weavers in a lot of vids, any other good quality ones I should look for?

 

 

Edited April 2, 2019 by Dpalmay

[zuludog]

1 hour ago, Dpalmay said:

I would normally have no issues with sanding down and polishing, but smaller apartment life means not much storage space (aka, wife complains when I buy tools to work on my tools). If there's a better brand out there, I'll just upgrade the chisels and let these ones go.

 

I see the Weavers in a lot of vids, any other good quality ones I should look for?

 

 

A few lollipop sticks & sheets of wet & dry are hardly major tool items, but who am I to disrupt married life? 

Nigel Armitage has done reviews of several makes of stitching chisels, Search YouTube

I have started using Seiwa European instead of Craftool, and they are better, but still a reasonable price. You can, of course get better still, but they have are priced accordingly. So far I have used the Seiwas without any polishing, just beeswax sometimes. But I might just give them a slight polish in the near future

Note - Seiwa make two types of stitching chisel. You want Seiwa European, and not Seiwa Diamond, which he didn't think much of. See Nigel's stitching chisel reviews #8 & #9

I ordered them from Goods Japan, who stock a wide range of tools & materials for leatherwork

Edited April 2, 2019 by zuludog

[Dpalmay]

Quick update.

 

I went with the Seiwa European 3mm. They came in yesterday, 1 project (using wrong thread, so too crappy to post) done, and they are fantastic in comparison to the craft tools I was using.

 

Thanks for the help on this one folks.