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Hi,

My dad gave me a spool of waxed thread about 15 years ago. Being a newbie to leatherworking and sewing in general, I'm wondering what it is. Poly, nylon?

Measuring with a dial caliper , the OD is about .015". It is 3 strands. The attached picture shows a burned end.

My primary interest is hand stitching leather in the 6-10 ounce range to make holsters, mag pouches, knife sheaths and similar things. What is the thread I have, and what is it commonly used for?

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Why care! The only reason to identify this thread is to get more of it. Right next to impossible

Just use it and then buy what you want for the next project.

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Hello brother,

The best thread ( nylon ) for sewxing by hand would be braided and you can also get it prewaxed or not in which case you can use some bees wax and wax it yourself

Look on the web for www.serafil.de

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