I had purchased one of those wooden handled sewing awls that comes with the spool of thread that you would find at AC Moore's, Cabela's, or Tractor Supply Center several years back when I lived in Kansas City. I never used it until tonight. I had watched a couple of videos on Youtube to get the basics of working the awl.

With a little trial and error I figured it out and stitched a couple of alice-to-molle adapters together so a friend of mine could use them as a molle holder for his sheath knife.

One thing I did with my Awl was replace the thread that came with it and wound up on the spool some 65# test green spyder wire fishing line. The stuff works great and for approx $15.00 or so for 150 yards it is worth it.

Now I just need to order me some spare needles and I will be good to go.

I don't know anything about leather work, but DH used to do it a lot (he worked at Tandy Leather for awhile). I've seen him use awls for making holes and it does seem to make things easier.

Well this was not leather that I was working on. It was several layers of US Army Mil-Spec Nylon Webbing that is used in MOLLE Gear. I had adapted two pieces of the same part, but just orientated them in a different way. Got it all together and stitched it with this 65# test Spyerwire that you find in the fishing section of your local Wally-World. It made the job go a lot quicker.

The other job I did with it was to modify a Tactical Vest that I had gotten down in a Southern Country that I cannot talk about due to National Security reasons, but anyways there is a Tactical Vest that is a combination of LBV, MOLLE and ALICE and it had gotten into a fight with the mice and the mice won. So some repair work needed to be done on it as I used once again MIL-SPEC Nylon Webbing and Heavy Duty Mil-SPEC 1" Ladderlocks. There were 12 different areas that I was modifying and so it took me a couple of days to get the job done and even busted in two places one of the needles that came with the Speedy Stitcher. So now it is off to the wonderful world of the internet to order some spare needles.

These Speedy Stitchers or Sewing Awls do make sewing through multiple layers much easier job to do. If I can learn to use one of these things, then I am sure that other males can to.

I ha one and lent it to a friend that used it on leather stitching (i believe a knife sheath), but that was after he had used a tool to make the holes. He liked it some much that he never gave it back.

I need to buy a new one, i was worried about the long term storage of the thread and now you have seemed to solve that problem.

the first thing i did with the thread was replace it. i did not know about the quality of the materials and how it would hold up in a tactical situation. that is why i removed all of the thread that came with the stitcher and replaced it with spyderwire brand 65# test fishing line. this is very strong and durable fishing line that is more like regular sewing thread to me then fishing line.


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