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Thanks guys. My fingers and thumbs are sore. Don,t thing I have got the hang of it just yet. But it will come. I hope.

That pain turns to callus, then it hurts less!

Kevin

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No pain, no gain. you are doing it wrong!

If it hurts, you must be doing it right. Get some "S" curved needles, you can get a better grip with it and it may reduce the strain on your fingers. http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/product/s-curved-sewing-needle-11193-00.aspx

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I made little leather "Band aids", for the fingers that either push needles through, or the stress points where I pull thread to tighten it. Just little strips of supple leather, stitched to size, so easy to take off if needed.

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Try a sewing machine?

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Rayban
www.rgleather.net

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Believe me, I would love one.trouble is we live in a small terrace house and we just don't have room for one.

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Humperdingle, when you say band aids do you mean actually like band aids or like the fingers cut off a glove?. I made the glove type but they seem rather cumbersome. May try cutting the ends off.

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Hi, 'Band-aid' was for the American membership :cowboy:

Basically, a strip of 1mm/1.5mm leather about 1" x 2", depending on how chubby the fingers are :thumbsup:

Butt stitched together. Loose enough so they're comfortable and easy to take off, tight enough so they don't just slip off.

Glove fingertips would work, too, I suppose, but I like to keep fingertips bare.

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