Kogin Needle Research 1

◆ Kogin Needle Research 1
 Today I'd like to talk about the Kogin needles that I felt were suitable for the linen Kogin Duel, Tsugaru, which I used in the book cover kit I sold this summer. Only you can tell whether it suits your hand, and it's a personal feeling that also affects the stitching method, but I hope you can see the difference in the needles. This time, I will compare the following photos (from left): Tulip Kogin needles, Tsukiya's Tsugaru Kogin needles, and Olympus Kogin needles.

◆For more details about Kogin Duel, please check out this article I wrote previously.

Look at the needle tip
Look at the difference in the top of the needle, where it is thin, and imagine what kind of needle it is. This time, I only compared the needle feel, so I will not look at the difference in the size of the needle hole. I will introduce it next time (roughly speaking, the Tulip needle hole is smaller). The shooting distance is about the same for all needles.

*From here on out there will be photos comparing the tips of needles, so if you have a fear of needles, please stop reading now.

Tulip Kogin Needle

Tsukiya Tsugarukogin Needle

Olympus Kogin Needle

Please check the difference in tip size.

You can see that the tip of the Tulip is small (sharp, thin tip), while the other two needles are large (rounded tip, thicker than the Tulip). It's hard to tell the difference between the Tsukiya and Olympus Kogin needles. If you compare the side-on photos, you can see that the length of the tip of the needle (the sharp part) is different.

To tell you about the differences in stitching feel and recommended needles, I think that Tsukiya Kogin needles with large tips or Olympus Kogin needles are easy to stitch with for Duel and Tsugaru.
With Kogin Dowell and Tsugaru , I felt like they were breaking through the surface glue and softening the fabric as I stitched. With the Tulip, I felt like it didn't break through enough, and it would get caught when I moved the needle, or the tip would split the warp threads of the fabric because it was too thin. The other two needles broke through the surface membrane well and were easy to move the needle. Other people may have completely different impressions, so if you have several types of needles, I think it would be fun to compare them for yourself.
And because the feel of stitching has a big influence on my motivation, the full book cover kit includes the same Olympus Kogin needles that I used for my six prototypes.
This time, the target fabrics were limited, and I was not able to confirm the characteristics of each needle, but if I get the chance, I will look into it and report back here. (It may be next year or the year after... (lol)


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