Ok, a question here. Sometimes, for example when they attach gussets, people pre-prick holes in both pieces and match up the holes and stitch. This is of course one instance when you may need reverse pricking irons.
Or do you? Today I stitched together two pieces that were pricked individually with regular irons, just for fun. Perfectly angled stitches and identical look on front and back - without a cast. Why isn't this something that people do? I think I have heard of one guy saying he did it and that was years ago. Is there some great drawback?
This made me laugh to no end... Morally wrong, hahahaha
Kidding aside, it is awesome that you experimented! There sadly is a trend of only doing things like we see others doing them on IG and Youtube (however wrong these be) and "craftsmen" are not evolving and getting better, they stopped trying to figure new things out (most of them, not all of course).
I personally would not have thought to try pricking in obverse on both sides, I would have went with the Awl pricking. And I was thinking the exact same thing Phil told you, on the curves, where you might need to have different pricking spacing on both sides, it might become a true challenge
I did it on a few wallets. But I didn't find the rewards were worth the effort.
Training stitches with a cast usually give me kind of the same result nowadays anyway:)
@Anders from Jävlar It's a useful technique that definitely works. Not popular only because not many people know about it.
I show it in the next course out in a few days, I use it to stitch the leather hardware tabs on the shoulder strap.