Sewing Leather To Canvas: Which Needle Type Do You Use?

[niftycurly]

Hello - for anyone out there who machine sews a mix of leather and fabric: do you use the chisel/diamond pointed leather needle or the round pointed fabric needle?

I'm specifically curious about the combination of leather with hardy stuff like canvas, denim and webbing, for example in a rucksack or tote bag.

It would seem that the diamond/chisel needles would cut up the fibers of the fabric rendering it very weak at the seams but we've all been told not to use round needles with leather.

So which is it?

Many thanks,

-Ellen

[Frank]

I would use a round needle as the diamond will have the tendency to cut the canvas, causing it to fray and unravel.

Frank