Do you really roll your pie dough to only 1/8 inch thick?
I have finally made a pie crust that’s excellent and I give credit to Kenji Alt at Serious Eats for his outstanding recipe:
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/07/easy-pie-dough-recipe.html
I use 3 oz of leaf lard in place of an equivalent amount of butter, but otherwise follow the recipe exactly.
Kenji’s recipe is silent on the specifics of Reading More May Cause Envy…