Members jim hamer Posted November 18, 2012 Members Report Posted November 18, 2012 good evening everyone, i have just made my son a a damascus knife with his firemans cross schrimshawed on the scale (he is an emt, fireman). it has ivory scales with red, white, & blue spacers. i want to stitch the sheath in red,white,&blue. any help would be appreciated. also what color stain would make the blue stand out. thanks all, jim hamer Quote
Members DoubleC Posted November 18, 2012 Members Report Posted November 18, 2012 Wow, a Picture would sure help on this one Jim. Cheryl Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
electrathon Posted November 18, 2012 Report Posted November 18, 2012 You use 3 threads and move forwards one one the front and two on the rear, stagering forwards. The back will not look as good as the front. Quote
Members jim hamer Posted November 18, 2012 Author Members Report Posted November 18, 2012 thanks for the reply, cheryl, i'm a 69 year old knife maker and will have to get my grandson or granddaughter to show me how to to download the pictures to this site (after christmas, unless we can be sneaky). it will be ambidextrous, non pouch. left for dress, right for work, as cross is on one side only. i was thinking of red 1/3 white 1/3 blue 1/3. three stitch lines could make it rather bulky. the blue is tandy thread. all i could find. a good looking knife if i can toot my own wistle. will post pictures when i learn how. can't figure how much welt three parallel lines will take. thanks for your advice, jim hamer hamer knives Quote
Members jim hamer Posted November 18, 2012 Author Members Report Posted November 18, 2012 electrathon, sorry but i don't quite understand. used to single color stitching. have done some double stitched. fun keeping them lined up! jim hamer hamer knives Quote
electrathon Posted November 18, 2012 Report Posted November 18, 2012 There are three threads, Each thread does every third stitch. You are sewing one thread at a time. Move over and do it again, next thread does every third stitch. the final thread fills in the final space. the back does not look as good as the front. It is easier to demonstrate than to explain. Aaron Quote
Members WinterBear Posted November 18, 2012 Members Report Posted November 18, 2012 If you're using a welt, you can run the extra thread between the welt, so you only show one thread front and back, albeit each stitch on both sides will show in different colors. Quote I used to be an Eagle, a good ol' Eagle too...
Members jim hamer Posted November 18, 2012 Author Members Report Posted November 18, 2012 thanks, i will practice tomorrow. time for this old man to go to bed. jim Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 18, 2012 Moderator Report Posted November 18, 2012 MAn you guys lost me on that one. I have no idea how that works, regardless of how the back side looks. Is it each an individual saddle stitch? Quote Learnleather.com
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