What Thread Size For Holsters

[NC Holster Maker]

What thread size and type are you guys using for your holsters when using 7-8oz and 8-9oz leather? I am very new to this and am trying to learn everything I can. I like 6-7 stitches an inch if that makes a difference. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Luke Hatley]

What thread size and type are you guys using for your holsters when using 7-8oz and 8-9oz leather? I am very new to this and am trying to learn everything I can. I like 6-7 stitches an inch if that makes a difference. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

FOR ME 277 ON TOP AND 207 ON BOTTOM NYLON THREAD

Edited April 10, 2011 by Luke Hatley

[troop]

i use 346 on the top and 277 on the bottom.

Tony

[mattsh]

I use 277 top and bottom

[Reaper]

I m wondering why two different sizes for top and bottom?

I hand stitch everything at this point but have purchased a used Boss with almost all of the attachments so I am going to start using it and have to decide upon what size thread.

277 is the norm from what I gather but have no idea just what the Diameter really is for a #277 thread.

I like a thread that is about 3/16 th inch in dia. What would be the thread size for that?

[Shooter McGavin]

I m wondering why two different sizes for top and bottom?

I hand stitch everything at this point but have purchased a used Boss with almost all of the attachments so I am going to start using it and have to decide upon what size thread.

277 is the norm from what I gather but have no idea just what the Diameter really is for a #277 thread.

I like a thread that is about 3/16 th inch in dia. What would be the thread size for that?

I really doubt you mean 3/16

I use 277 top and bottom in my Boss also. Which is like 0.025" diameter

[dirtclod]

3/16 thread would be rope. I use 277 top and 207 bottom. It's nice size thread and it's no going to break. 346 and 415 thread are to big for most things IMO. To me a big ole thread is like long stitches it just doesn't look good. But that's in the eye of the beholder i guess.

[Lobo]

I use T270 (277) bonded nylon thread for everything, top and bottom. Plenty of strength for the task, in my opinion, and a nice neat appearance to the finished stitch, even at the overstitched areas where a stitch-line is completed.

The only advantage I can see to using a lighter thread weight for the bottom thread would be to increase bobbin capacity, reducing the need to wind bobbins. My Cobra Class 4 machine has an automatic bobbin winder, winds a bobbin while you stitch, so I always have a full bobbin ready to go, and changing bobbins takes only a minute or two.

Best regards.

[Reaper]

I really doubt you mean 3/16

I use 277 top and bottom in my Boss also. Which is like 0.025" diameter

http://leatherworker.net/forum/uploads/1282301134/med_gallery_15329_504_6047.jpg

mmm, actually 1/8 to 3/16 is about what I like. Yes it is large, but then again I tried it out using some twine used for setting up forms in construction.and found that I do like it, as do a number of the guys I have sold holsters to.

[Dwight]

Personally, . . . I like the fuller look of the 346, . . . use it top and bottom, . . . belts too.

YMMV

May God bless,

Dwight