Finishing Saddle Stitch Without Back Stitching

[DR80]

Hello, this will be my first post here, so i start with an apologize for my bad grammatics and spelling (I'm from from Sweden so this is not my first language)

I'm soon going to start my first leather project, which will be a watch strap in rubber (No of course in leather )

I have a question regarding the finishing of the saddle stitch. In tutorials the recommendation is to back stitch two or three stitches, but i have seen some leatherwork with just one back stitch (see the attached file) I use linen thread if that matters.

How to finish that stitch in a good way? perhaps someone have a tutorial that shows this?

And one last question. What thread and dimension is used in the watch strap that i attached, is it possible to see?

Thanks in advance.

Edited July 30, 2015 by DR80

[Colt W Knight]

You can run both stitches through the back and tie it.

[Northmount]

You can also bury the ends of the thread between the layers of the strap.

Tom

[Nuttish]

You can tie the ends together with a surgeon's knot inside the fold.