What size and kind of needles do I need ?

[olandrea]

What size and kind of needles do I need for hand stitchen havy leather around 3-3,5mm, with a 5 cord linen thread?

Thanks Olaf

[Rawhide]

I use the regular stitching needles from Tandy. I just use an x-acto knife to "scrape" the ends thin and to a taper, wax the ends to a fine point and thread the needles up.

Needles

[Mike]

I believe the size is 0 or 00 for the Osborne harness needles.

Mike