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Does anyone use a 6mm stitching or pricking iron?

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Does anyone go up to a 6mm stitching iron and in what application do you use it on?

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I would say that 6mm is way too large for anything I typically do.  I did purchase a set of 4mm Tandy Craftool Irons, which are actually wider than they sound.  I used them on the inside of a turned bag project.  It was a leather duffel bag and I didn't want to use too fine of SPI.  It worked fine, but I would never go any bigger personally.

 

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Same here as Tugadude

I think that most stitching chisels measure the distance between the points, but Tandy Craftool as shown in the picture use the distance between the sides of the prongs, so the distance between their points is a bit more

I've just measured mine - between the prongs = 4mm, between the points = 5,5mm. I use them for knife & axe sheaths, and it looks OK to me; neither has anyone who's had one of my sheaths made any adverse comments

I have chisels by Seiwa, Abbey England, and, interestingly, Tandy Craftool Pro, in the natural metal finish, and they all use the distance between the points. I don't recall ever seeing chisels with a 6mm spacing, but if you Search t'Net long enough you might find some. I've seen some with 5mm spacing though

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Almost all of Dieselpunkros designs call for 6mm punches. I have multi prongs but I usually use a single for accuracy and no faffing around corners.

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