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On 8/30/2010 5:00 PM, Bob Lieby wrote:
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> Hi Dale thanks for the tips on stitching I'll give that a try on the
> next project.
> No, it it was not a kit. I cut it and the liner myself. Is that
> something I should not be doing?
> Have a GREAT DAY!!!

It's great that you cut your own leather, but did you punch round holes?
A lot of the old-timers that do a lot of stitching use a
diamond-shaped stab awl and punch one hole at a time (after marking the
spacing with an overstitch wheel), but you can also use a lacing punch
with angled tines. The angle helps a lot. That's what I use because
the only stab awl I have is round. When I was in the US a few months
ago I bought a diamond-shaped awl and brought it back to Peru with me,
but the very first time I tried to use it, the blade broke, so I'm right
back where I started.

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Dale Erwin
Lurigancho, Lima PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org

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