RomanArmyTalk

You've been doing it all wrong! Not to mention setting your tables.

http://www.marthastewart.com/1125947/how...ather-hand

Gosh - and for all these years I've fooled myself into thinking all I needed was some linen thread, two needles, beeswax, an awl and a bit of an old pine plank to push the awl down into.

How could I have gone on for so long without the aid of a 'stitching groover' or an 'overstitch wheel'? Why have I never found the need to use rubber cement or (wait for it) - a 'stitching pony' so I too could push holes in leather as it slid away from me across the table on its 'pony', instead of pushing down through the leather onto a stationary pine plank in such a utilitarian fashion?

Oh how I have clearly erred -to have been using such second rate techniques for all these years and thus shaming myself. Would that I could do so much better in the future than those poultry and untutored efforts which until now have been my lot. :oops:

Oh, look below and witness my shame. If only I had known how to sew leather properly ...


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Crispvs

Let's see you set a table.

Well the Romans do seem to have used a serrated marking tool, it just wasn't a wheel but rather a semi circular tool which looks like a small half moon knife with a serrated edge (occasionally used for decoration)...... though personally I've never found it necessary for stitching although it could be used for such....
Probably because a lot of the time I don't do equal stitching... one side of a seam is often a larger spacing, this is required for shaping or pulling in material to create a three dimensional shape......

Its basically an add for selling modern tools for modern leather working techniques.... the wrong way to go for ancient leather working I think....