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Leather working saddle stitching awls

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:45 am
by Slipangle
Relatively new member here. I signed up to learn how to replace a stem on an Ashton I own.
Haven't gotten around to that yet. But thought I'd add a few pics of some of the things I make.
These are designed to use a diamond shaped awl blade for the purpose of hand stitching leather.
I make the handles and nickel silver collars, but the chucks are Starrett. Not capable of making those.
Thanks
Slipangle
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Re: Leather working saddle stitching awls

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:57 pm
by caskwith
Very nice. A pretty turned handle makes an ordinary tool so much more pleasurable to use.

Re: Leather working saddle stitching awls

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 11:29 am
by Slipangle
Thank you Caskwith. Learned a ton of very frustrating lessons finishing this open pored rosewood in the lower two photos.

Re: Leather working saddle stitching awls

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:07 am
by oklahoma red
Nice work!