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Hand sewing leather
you can use nylon or polyester hand sewing thread
which ever you like the best
the thread i will be using is polyester
C.S. Osborne number 517 harness needles
hand stitching leather is the best way and is very strong
first I hand stitch the loop on the back of the knife sheath
I use a C.S. Osborne stitch groover to put a groove in the leather to protect the stitches from wearing out
marking the groove so I can hand sew the loop on the back side of the knife sheath
I use C S Osborne six inch wing dividers to mark the stitch length which is 3/16
knife sheath clamped into the stitching horse
the thread is cut at 30 inches overall length
and the needles are attached to the hand sewing thread by running through themselves a couple times
C.S. Osborne awl and awl haft for punching the holes
find the center of the thread
leave a little bit of a loop at the back
push the needle through the leather and also back the other thread back so the needle won't run through the thread
once you get going it is pretty much repetition until you get to the end
good even steady pull
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