Tandy Leather Craftool Spacer Set System 8091-00

Good tool.

Easy to use, excellent quality, makes getting a nice stitch pattern automatic. If it were a little less expensive I would have given it 5 stars.

Must have tool for making evenly spaced leather stitching.

Works well

While I'm not happy about being charged as much for this thing as it costs (more than twenty five dollars when I bought it), the investment turned out to be well worth it.I was embarking on a leather-making project creating a dowel-topped, double-gusseted two flapped, four buckle, four compartment leather briefcase. Specific? Yes. I've been in business for myself for a couple of decades and nothing I've seen or used in the past has ever been wholly satisfying. So I designed what I wanted and it involved a LOT of stitching. About 1500 of them. All by hand.In order to make it look more professional, I thought it would be wise to have properly spaced stitches and that's where this little gem came in. It allowed me to position my stitching perfectly as well as space it exactly the way I wanted it to look.Any "unevenness" in the photo is due to my using a hole punch to go through the leather. This tool marks the leather with indentations. If that's all you use (an awl would help get a needle through) then the stitching would be more even than in the photo. I needed double-stitching (rather than a lock-stitch) for maximum durability.It works on any grade of leather and works best if you use your thumb to guide it, or lay down a steel or aluminum straight-edged ruler to guide it. But it's quick, efficient and does exactly what it says it does. It's well made so you'll never have to buy another one (which is probably why it's so expensive for its size and features).For hand-sewn leather projects, this is an awesome tool to make it look good.