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Couple ?s Is sewing holsters or knife sheaths with a jerk needle a acceptable way to sew them ?

If so how do you finish the stitch ? theres like 2 videos on sewing with a Jerk needle and neither one shows how you finish off the last stitch. So do you just cut off the end threads and burn them down/ do you have back stitch at all , How do you finish them?:feedback: Thanks  oh 1 more ? Do you start on your finished side or the back side?

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15 minutes ago, AlamoJoe2002 said:

What is a jerk needle?

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#3 on what is a jerk needle. That is a new one for me.

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1 hour ago, AlamoJoe2002 said:

What is a jerk needle?

It's a needle that won't do what you ask it to!   DUH.   :P

But seriously - I don't have a picture handy but have a couple of them around here that came as part of a package deal, but never put them to use.  It's kind of like an awl that has an open hook near the pointy end.  You poke it through the leather, put your thread in the hook and pull it back through the leather.   You then put another thread through and start all over again.   In other words, it makes an interlocking loop stitch - much like a sewing machine - and unlike a saddle-stitch.  

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PITA       learn two needle and awl sewing.  The illustration shows it following up an awl, so what's the point.

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does anyone know the answer to my ?'s

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You need to back stiitch...just cutting the thread and burn the ends is not gonna work. The Jerk (hook)needle does the same stitch as a speedy stitcher or a sewing machine. There is no reason to use a jerk needle on knife sheats or  holsters in my opinion

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56 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

does anyone know the answer to my ?'s

What i do on the ends when hand stitching is on the last stitch tie a knot on the last hole then pull the knot into the material then cut the ends off on the backside then burn the ends so the knots hidden and there's no double stitch..

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