Comments on: Speedy Stitcher: Much Better Than a Safety Pin

By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:03:51 +0000

THe stitcher from Harbor Freight is a knock off and the needles and thread are cheap and do not provide the quality stitching that most people want. Use the real thing- it works better and is made in the good old USA!

By: Nick Carter

Nick Carter — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:43:44 +0000

Sure. But it would take a while.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:40:43 +0000

Would this work well to make my own tool roll out of leather or nylon or maybe just denim?

By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Dealmonger: A $3 Sewing Awl

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Dealmonger: A $3 Sewing Awl — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:35:19 +0000

[...] After all the great response to our coverage of the Speedy Stitcher, we’re happy to pass on a tip from reader nrChris: Harbor Freight is currently offering a coupon that’ll land you a cheap sewing awl for just $3. If you’re thinking about messing around with one of these, this might be a good start. [...]

By: TMIB_Seattle

TMIB_Seattle — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:12:24 +0000

Thanks for the links, Toolmonger. I used one of these many years ago and found it incredibly useful for leatherworking. Stitching leather by hand with an awl is very slow and tedious, but with one of these it’s quite nice. Never knew what they were called or where to get them until now though.

–TMIB

By: Leslie Vincent

Leslie Vincent — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:13:43 +0000

I want one. I can totally see so many times when I could have used that.

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:57:58 +0000

Like Kaden, but perhaps not as exacting as he, but not as demanding as Rick, though Rick has such right, I have used one of these for years also. When young, for repairing saddles, etc. Last few years just doing stitching of all kinds, mainly leather goods.

Takes some practice but it works. Read the directions.

By: Kaden

Kaden — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:01:05 +0000

Lemme see what I can rustle up

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:54:32 +0000

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By: Kaden

Kaden — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:08:00 +0000

Yowza!! I’ve used these things for years. I usually load it up with waxed cobblers thread and use it to stitch together anything that *needs* to be made from tough-ass leather.

It doesn’t take a whole lot of practice to get proficient enough to go all fartsy fartsy on leatherwork either:

I use brass beaders wire to achieve that popular-with-the-ladies ‘tough but sensitive’ aesthetic. I used to pre-prep by meticulously measuring and marking stitch spacing, but now I just layout the stitch line/pattern in Illustrator, print it out and tack it down on the hide with stencil adhesive. It’s a chick magnet, I tell you… a chick magnet!