Punch, Leather
Stabbing pricker, Canterbury, NH
Description
Metal stabbing pricker for marking holes on leather for an awl to pass through during the shoemaking process. The handles base has a flat circular butt which curves into the handle giving the handle a slight lip. The handle is rectangular, with shave edges, and tapers toward the neck of the pricker. The sides of the pricker extend straight from the neck 7/8", turn 90 degrees, turn another 90 degrees and then curves in a convex line toward the center. The pricker has six teeth 13/32" long with a circular cross-section.