Today I received a rather generous package from @stephenkgavin
Not only did I find a set of three creasers by Wuta, but a spicy chickpea snack that I am currently enjoying with a glass of champagne as I write this. Surprisingly, it pairs well.
I have never used the Wuta brand of creasers as I have always done just fine with the generic haute qualité Aliexpress versions.
However, after opening the package, I was very impressed.
One of the biggest issues with the generic, let's call them 'rosewood' creasers (yeah right), is that the thickness of the steel used for the head, varies depending on the creaser size. I.e. the 1.0mm creaser has less mass than the 2.0mm, so heating and cooling times vary from tool to tool.
The good thing about the Wuta versions is that the steel thickness remains the same regardless of the stated size.
The length of the rosewood creaser handles are a little longer, so for people with larger hands, this would probably be ideal.
The creaser heads are 6mm longer than that of the Wuta's.
One issue with tools made by Asian companies is that the handles are catered towards the Asian hand size.
Not that this British gringo's hands are 'too boocoo', but some Asian tool handles appear to be for ages 3 - 36 months.
The Wuta handles are just about right for me, they are thicker which fills the hand and helps with control, but I wouldn't want them to be any smaller.
I take a M/L glove size just to give you a rough idea.
They both have a concave creasing head similar to the FN series of electric creaser tips, so they apply a rounded effect when heated and used on soft leathers like chrome tanned skins.
The guide on the Wuta is slightly lower, which will lend itself useful on thicker leather goods. However you may want to crease thin pieces on something compressible such as greyboard or even another piece of firm leather.
So let's heat up a creaser and have a look at the end result.
Left is the Wuta 2.0mm creaser and right is the rosewood 2.0mm creaser.
The rosewood looks slightly bigger, but that may be down to the arc shape and the fact that the crease line thickness is about 0.5mm. The Wuta crease appears to be about 0.1mm thick from observation only.
Same piece of leather, this time Wuta at the top and Rosewood on the bottom.
In conclusion, these are high quality creasers that offer a nice sharp defined crease line that I feel works very well for refined leather goods.
If you want a wider line left behind in your leather you can always sand them down to taste.
Thank you again @stephenkgavin 👍
I have the 2.0 mm and it is very high quality feeling, ordered all my stuff off of amazon , went to order a new set of pricking irons in 3.0mm and all the wuta tools have vanished, anybody know what happened to the wuta tools on amazon?
I've had the 1.5mm Wuta for a while, but just ordered the 1mm 'rosewood' since Wuta doesn't make 1mm.
But from Phil's 2mm comparison pic, I can't help but think the end result would be about the same between wuta 1.5mm and rosewood 1mm.
@Leathercraft Masterclass Super informative review! Thank you Philip!
(sorry, off topic)
What do you think about adjustable creasers? Do you have any? I use cheap one and I had to polish it to make it work. Could you suggest me what good quality adjustable creaser I can buy and where?
I use my Wuta stuff since long and I am very please with them 👍🏻
Most welcome, @Leathercraft Masterclass Phil, we aim to please. I'm of the opinion the Wuta creasers offer a sharper crease. Might make no difference to some folk, but I'm "less is more" when it comes to the finer details. I hope it clarifies some issues @Edward and others recently had. I'm not in the same league (or sport for that matter) as you when it comes to getting use out of these. Please bump this thread with any relevant feedback, heat retention, cracking in the handles and so on. Hope they work for you. Mine's a pint.
Yes, to the LEGO hands. lol
I thought you were using a Wuta creaser in previous posts.