Which Sewing Machine For This Application

[tontotex]

B Which sewing machine should i look at to be able to at least duplicate the top stitching on a D & B hand bag

also can someone tell me the approx needle and thread size.

thanks for your help

allen

[Wizcrafts]

I do believe you can duplicate that sewing with a "441 clone" machine. (e.g. Cowboy, Cobra, Techsew, etc), or an Adler 205-370 (recently deprecated) They have cylinder arms that can sew inside bags and can run thread sizes ranging from #92, through 415. Most can clear the entire handle and even sew right through it. The bag in your photo appears to be sewn with #138 bonded thread, which is a middle weight thread that home and most tailoring machines cannot handle at all. The holes suggest that they may have used a #23 leather point needle. If the handle was sewn all the way through, it would call for either #207 or #277 thread.

It could also be sewn on a Campbell Lockstitch machine (needle and awl harness stitcher), using 4 or 5 cord Irish linen thread run through liquid wax.

[tontotex]

Thanks for the input Wiz. I just sent you a pm

thanks

ac