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Okay - I spent most of my lunch break trying to track down the best place to buy my next 1 lb cones of thread. I originally ordered my thread from Tippmann (277 Anefil Bonded Nylon American Efird), but need to place a new order and would like the following 3 or 4 colors :

White

Natural

Red (in two of the following American & Efird or similar manufacturer's colors)

  • Light Copper
  • Chinese Rust
  • Fisherman Red

http://www.amefird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Americas_Color_Palette_Download_7-2011.pdf

I'm thinking with my reds, I'd like to have a deeper/darker red (Chinese Rust or Fisherman Red), and perhaps an orange'ish red (Light Copper). I'm finding most of the sources that sell thread only carry one or two colors (black, white, brown). Weaver sells "Red" and "Henna" in 277, but only "Sand" instead of "Tan" (which graphically appears much closer to my current spool of "Natural" from Tippmann). Granted, I've always thought the "Natural" and "White" from Tippmann were very close once it's on the leather, so I wouldn't be opposed to buying "Sand" from Weaver.

http://www.leathersupply.com/downloads/catalog/SewingMachines&Such.pdf (last page)

Anyway, I'm looking for a "one stop shop". Any ideas? I'm open to another manufacturer if that will help. I admittedly know very little about thread - I will be using it strictly for holsters and belts in my Tippmann Boss. If there is another brand I should be looking at, I'm open to it.

My Mini Cooper's owner's manual is stored in a black leather pouch. It has an orange'ish red thread - I love the color combination. Here is a crappy photo of one I found on the web. It looks much more red in this photo - in real life, it's more orange.

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Okay - I spent most of my lunch break trying to track down the best place to buy my next 1 lb cones of thread. I originally ordered my thread from Tippmann (277 Anefil Bonded Nylon American Efird), but need to place a new order and would like the following 3 or 4 colors :

White

Natural

Red (in two of the following American & Efird or similar manufacturer's colors)

  • Light Copper
  • Chinese Rust
  • Fisherman Red

http://www.amefird.c...load_7-2011.pdf

I'm thinking with my reds, I'd like to have a deeper/darker red (Chinese Rust or Fisherman Red), and perhaps an orange'ish red (Light Copper). I'm finding most of the sources that sell thread only carry one or two colors (black, white, brown). Weaver sells "Red" and "Henna" in 277, but only "Sand" instead of "Tan" (which graphically appears much closer to my current spool of "Natural" from Tippmann). Granted, I've always thought the "Natural" and "White" from Tippmann were very close once it's on the leather, so I wouldn't be opposed to buying "Sand" from Weaver.

http://www.leathersu...chines&Such.pdf (last page)

Anyway, I'm looking for a "one stop shop". Any ideas? I'm open to another manufacturer if that will help. I admittedly know very little about thread - I will be using it strictly for holsters and belts in my Tippmann Boss. If there is another brand I should be looking at, I'm open to it.

Try here

http://www.thethread...ylon-thread-277

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Thanks - I came across their site over the weekend, but at the time was looking for something with more "red". I see they have Chinese Rust, though only a small spool of Natural. Getting closer...

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Thanks - I gave them a call. A little peculiar... I called to ask if their entire color selection is available in 277 thread, but they're going to have to call back to let me know if "they" have it, referring to some outside source they get their thread from. I never imagined buying thread would be such an ordeal...

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Thanks - I gave them a call. A little peculiar... I called to ask if their entire color selection is available in 277 thread, but they're going to have to call back to let me know if "they" have it, referring to some outside source they get their thread from. I never imagined buying thread would be such an ordeal...

Try buying turquoise in 138.....about drove me nuts.....hahaaa...!!

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First it is just leather....then it is what-ever I can dream off...

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Did you have any luck with this? I'm also looking for some nicely coloured 277 thread at the moment and keep stumbling on the same sites. And there's no local store stocking anything around here. It can't be that hard?!

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Sewing Tread Specialists offer a range of colours in High Tenacity Polyester. They can get a wide range but it needs to be ordered 5 cones at a time.

Did you have any luck with this? I'm also looking for some nicely coloured 277 thread at the moment and keep stumbling on the same sites. And there's no local store stocking anything around here. It can't be that hard?!

Darren Brosowski

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Try CanSew, in Montreal. They have various sizes and colors (colours in Canadian) in size 277 (T270).

Most recently, US dealers were able to buy and sell Linhanyl branded nylon thread, from Brazil. Sadly, the US importer apparently stopped stocking it. I don't know all of the details, but Linhanyl is hard to get if you run out. Hopefully, someone else will import their thread, which was available in numerous colors.

One could approach thread manufactures based in the USA, such as Coats. They have a minimum order requirement.

Posted IMHO, by Wiz

My current crop of sewing machines:

Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.

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Did you have any luck with this? I'm also looking for some nicely coloured 277 thread at the moment and keep stumbling on the same sites. And there's no local store stocking anything around here. It can't be that hard?!

I ended up buying 277 thread from Weaver.

I ordered Henna to try instead of brown - haven't gotten to use it yet, but the color looks nice. The Brown I have (from Tippmann) is so dark, it might as well be Black!!

For Natural (that I bought from Tippmann), I ended up ordering Sand (Tan isn't available in 277 from Weaver). I think it's a little darker than the Natural I was using from Tippmann, but I actually like the Sand better. The Natural was so light, I couldn't really tell a difference between it and White once it was stitched on a holster and the holster had been oiled.

One of these days I'd like to order Orange, but of course it's not offered in 277!! So, the next best thing is Red.

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