Reddit reviews WUTA New Leather Chisel All-Polished Leather Die-Steel Chisel French Style Pricking Iron Sharp Leather Punching Tool Kits,Obverse 3.38 mm 2 Teeth+8 Teeth
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Original design! Material:DC53 Cold-work Die Steel, specially applied in punch mold making. This chisel is strong in hardness with high tenacity and great anti-rust property. We adopt this kind of steel to make sure our chisel is in the best quality, meanwhile, it can indeed "serve" better in your craft projects.Entirely polished：from handle to prongs helps you to pull our a leather easier. Gorgeous design and handy shape. The stitching hole shape is almost the same perfect as Blanchard.Multiple standards: 4 models, Model 7 (3.85mm prong-spacing),Model 8 (3.38mm prong-spacing),Model 9 (3.0mm prong-spacing)Model 10(2.7mm prong-spacing) Each size with 2 standards.Model 7 and Model 8,one with 2 prongs, the other with 8 prongs. Model 9 and Model 10,one with 2 prongs, the other with 5 prongs. Prongs are in 9.8 mm length, this sharp punch can easily go through 4.5mm or 11oz leather.Dimensions: Overall length:116mm, Handle width:13mm, Handle tall:8.2mm, Prong length:9.8mm,Prongwidth:Model10 1.6mm,Model9 1.8mm,Model8 2.2mm,Model7 2.4mm,Prong lip thickness:0.2mm.Obverse and reverse direction: Chisels are with obverse prongs or reverse prongs. When you look down the holes punched by obverse chisel, from left to right the hole goes "up". Holes punched by reverse chisel, from left to right, it goes "down". This is to meet the higher need in punching and stitching. Furthermore, with this two kinds of direction you can punch hole on both sides of a leather.
I had a really cheap diamond punching iron that I got in a kit I believe it was 4mm , but I just bought a 3mm Kevin Lee French style iron.
They were about 100 bucks for 8+2 prong
I went with 3mm because I want to practice making watch straps.
I personally prefer the look of the French style irons over the diamond style, but personally to me I think the spacing is even more important then diamond vs French style .
I have heard good things about the craft tool diamond chisels , they are supposed to be really good for the money they are 25 bucks a peice . So you can get an 8 prong and a 2 prong for around fifty bucks ... you want the two prong for when you need to go around corners . crafttool
I have also heard the wuta brand on amazon is pretty good , those are a little more expensive they will run you about 85 bucks for two . wuta-amazon
If your looking for budget but still good quality , I hear people recommending Seiwa which go for about 15-18 bucks a pop . But leathercraft has these which apparently are just rebranded Seiwas and they’re like 8- 12 bucks ! So you can get a 6 prong and a 2 prong for Under 30 bucks!! The only down side that I’ve read is that the holes are a little bit bigger .