I’m fairly new to working with leather. So far I have made a dozen or so gun holsters, mostly using whatever materials I had on hand and using Tandy for anything I was missing. I’m going to make a gun belt for my next project, but I’m trying to be a little better prepared before starting. I’ve spent the past few weeks reading back through old discussions and watching videos on making belts. Here is what I have and plan to order, along with a few details. I’m going to cut my own blanks 1 ½ inch wide. I have two pieces from Tandy, 5/7 oz double shoulder and 8/9 oz side. I’m planning to cut two blanks from the double shoulder and glue together and stitch. I’m going to hand stitch the two layers, 6 SPI using an overstitch wheel to layout the pattern. My needles are from Tandy and based on and old discussion I found here, I would say they are comparable to a size 2 (002) using the John Jones chart (55 mm long x 1.02 mm dia). For thread, I had planned to order .8 mm Slam from Lekoza, but I don’t see they have it in black. They do have .6 mm in black so perhaps that would work. I’ll be using an Osborne awl for the holes. I’d welcome any thoughts or suggestions you would care to make. Would the .6 mm Slam be a good choice for the thread or is there something else I should consider? Thanks.