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I keep seeing machines rated at 3/4"-1" capacities, and they sound great, but I have personally never seen anything this thick sewn before. Most leather items that I have seen sewn may have been 3/8" max. So my question is when, or where would someone actually sew something 1" thick?

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I keep seeing machines rated at 3/4"-1" capacities, and they sound great, but I have personally never seen anything this thick sewn before. Most leather items that I have seen sewn may have been 3/8" max. So my question is when, or where would someone actually sew something 1" thick?

well for starters...2 layers of leather for the Jockeys on a saddle + the sheepskin is why i need the thicker sewing capatiblites.

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Hmmmm, I thought the Jockey stood in the saddle , not sewn to it.:P

Lawn jockeys, now saddle jockeys, You're gonna make me Google that , huh?

Them jockeys must be thick, since sheepskin is pretty thin by itself.

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Here's an example of what ShortBBL is talking about. This is a sheath that I made for one of my Busse knives. It is exactly 1" thick at the mouth.

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Hmmmm, I thought the Jockey stood in the saddle , not sewn to it.:P

Lawn jockeys, now saddle jockeys, You're gonna make me Google that , huh?

Them jockeys must be thick, since sheepskin is pretty thin by itself.

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I keep seeing machines rated at 3/4"-1" capacities, and they sound great, but I have personally never seen anything this thick sewn before. Most leather items that I have seen sewn may have been 3/8" max. So my question is when, or where would someone actually sew something 1" thick?

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Shaft Tugs (Traces) on draft harness are at least that thick.

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I keep seeing machines rated at 3/4"-1" capacities, and they sound great, but I have personally never seen anything this thick sewn before. Most leather items that I have seen sewn may have been 3/8" max. So my question is when, or where would someone actually sew something 1" thick?

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We have customers using our machines for bareback riggings and harness.

Also used in sewing saddle cantels, rather than stitching by hand.

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Thanks for the replies. looks like a lot of the thick stuff is horse related. As for the knife sheaths, and holsters. I have never seen any that thick over the past 30 years that I have been dealing with both. The only other possible application I was thinking of was shoe/boot soles.

Forgot I got some saddle making books in with a batch of stuff I just bought, so I am gonna have to look up some of these hear terms y'all are tossin' out at me. I just live in an area full of horses, never messed with any of them beasts myself.

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