Finishing Stitch run on Needle and awl machines

[IH460]

How are you guys finishing up a stitches on your Needle and Awl machines? I prefer to backstitch on presser foot machines, cut, melt and press smooth (Poly/Nylon thread) 

Linen projects in Needle and awl don't offer the option to melt and backstitch is not an option for any thread type. To current, I'm pulling a little longer than average at end, snipping and back stitching with harness needle by hand but wondering if there's a trick in the book I'm unaware of. 

[Cumberland Highpower]

That's too much work IH460.

You pretty much have 3 options on linen:

1) just cut it off where the stitch ends with a razor blade or fine tip clippers

2) When you come to the end of your work, make a stitch to the right or left and then a stitch back where you came from. (creating a small J pattern in your stitching. Thats' the most common way to end a long stitch on a Hook/Awl machine.

3) lift the presser foot and fudge/pull your work back one stitch and then make another stitch as close as you can to your existing stitching.. That's the same as reversing a stitch on a threaded needle machine. 

The wax on your thread will help lock it in place over time.

Edited December 20 by Cumberland Highpower

[IH460]

5 minutes ago, Cumberland Highpower said:

That's too much work IH460.

You pretty much have 3 options on linen:

1) just cut it off where the stitch ends with a razor blade or fine tip clippers

2) When you come to the end of your work, make a stitch to the right or left and then a stitch back where you came from. (creating a small J pattern in your stitching. Thats' the most common way to end a long stitch on a Hook/Awl machine.

3) lift the presser foot and fudge/pull your work back one stitch and then make another stitch as close as you can to your existing stitching.. That's the same as reversing a stitch on a threaded needle machine. 

The wax on your thread will help lock it in place over time.

Thank you! For holsters/sheaths the J pattern is no trouble and sounds like the best solution. For belts and other items that offer no real estate for a J pattern or close stitch to existing it sounds like just cutting off close will be the way to go. Any harm in lightly tucking in loose end with a blunt awl on top side of work?