[Leather Working] Saddle stitching awl (diamond shape blade)

[Christophe Mineau]

Hey. Christophe, nice, neat job. Did you use 2 part epoxy to attach handles to blades? & how did you finish handles? Resin, wax, buffing compound?

Hi Steve, no epoxy in this case, just a press fit, I wanted to be able to change the blade without too much difficulty, in case of breakage.
The ash one is finished with Danih oil, and the ebony one just polished. A very quick pass to the buffing wheel with Carnauba wax for both.
Note that the brass ferule has it's edge smoothed, in order to avoid hurting the leather.