Pricking Irons info

@Cristian thank you for your reply. All the technical details that you listed make perfect sense and eventually are all point that must be addressed in order to reach an higher level of production. On their other hand, every choice boils down to a combination of possibilities typical of the current situation of every individual.

So long story short, let’s say it’s the best solution that can be worked out at the moment. It will indeed represent an upgrade and allow me to carry on toward a more traditional technique (at least from where I am at now), which is my why. Now, are there better solutions out there? Most certainty yes, in fact your remarkable answer proves this (I use KS Blade round dent and Brogue punch for shoemaking), but I can live with the fact that this can be a story for another time, at least for the time being.

I don’t quite follow the 40º vs 45º issue though, especially if different leather thickness require different angle, but apparently all the other irons have 45º prong angle.

I am waiting for the Amy Roke irons now, so will follow up with thoughts.

Thank you for your answers, I really appreciated it.

Angelo

@Angelo , why are you contemplating the idea of buying that particular iron brand? What do you find mostly atractive at Amy Roke? Answering the "why's" will give you the solution.

But here's my point about your problem: the most important aspect of a pricking iron is the angle of prongs followed by their width. Amy Roke has an angle about 40 degrees while the most irons have a 45 degree. Maybe KS Blade having 40 also. For me, I found that diferent leathers require diferent angles, and different thicknesses of leather requires different widths of prongs for that higher decorative angles of stitching. So, Amy Roke is not the answer unless you can define clearly what do you expect from them. If you're not pretentious Wuta irons will do perfectly. And they are cheap and very good quality.