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9 hours ago, BillinTR said:

Thank you for that heads up. A big help. Doesn't explain the occasional conflict in terminology but it sure tells me a lot about the tools.

 

You are right that there is conflict in terminology.  The remedy is to know what you are looking for, not what they say it is.  Many manufacturer's don't market their tools properly in my opinion.  They call it one thing when it is clearly fit for some other purpose.  I've attached photos of various tools to this post.  They all have similarities, yet they are all quite different.  Sometimes their purposes overlap, sometimes they don't.

I like to think about it this way.  Any time the word "pricking" is used, it means that tool is designed to make marks that do not go all the way through the leather.  It is used solely to mark the locations where you will penetrate the leather with an awl.  Will pricking irons fully penetrate thin leather?  Of course, but that isn't their intended purpose.  Because of the taper of the teeth, fully penetrating thicker leather would yield a massive hole.  Not good!

C.S. Osborne Leather Tools

Stitching irons ARE intended to go straight through leather, rendering the use of an awl unnecessary.  Can they be used to simply prick the leather?  Of course, and some do use them for that purpose and finish up the hole with their awl.

Notice the slender teeth and the fact that they don't widen like their pricking iron counterpart.

Best Pricking Irons - Leather Tools - Leatherworker.net

 

Stitching chisels are very similar to stitching irons but the hole they make is more chunky as compared to the irons.  They also tend to have a pronounced diamond shape.  Again, can they still be used to prick the leather, sure, with light pressure they'll mark a line of stitch-spacing as well as any other iron or wheel.  

Seiwa Diamond Leather Stitching Chisel Leathercraft Pricking Iron Tool  6x3mm | Goods Japan Shop

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couldn't be any clearer than that, thank you.

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And thank all of you for the further clarification. I have probably learned more than my feeble, inexperienced brain is capable of handling. I hope the OP didn't consider this a thread hijack.

 

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