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The Saddle Stitch Have Ruined All The Fun With Leather Working :(


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I think i have tried everything.. looked at all different instruction videos on youtube, tried different angles, thread... I can't make a decent back side.

The front looks good, but the back side straightens with normal saddle stitch. With a "knot" the front straightens.

SPI: 9

Thread: 632 Lin cable.

Total thickness of leather: 7-8oz

An example with normal saddle stitch. First needle in from left side at the top of the hole, left needle in at the bottom of the hole. Tension: left up, right down. (Tried different angles without better result. I'm stitching towards me. Me ///////// Start.

Left is the front, right back.

I'm considering to give up this know. :/

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Ok. I see your point. Can you show an example of where you cast the thread over the needle on the back side?

Yes. Then it looks like this.

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holes are too big for that thread

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holes are too big for that thread

This is the same thread, and same chisels.

Sajou Lin cable 632, and Seiwa 3mm (8,5 SPI) http://andersenleather.blogspot.dk/2015/04/watch-strap-for-speedmaster.html

I used a awl with the same dimension on one of these i think. But the result is the same. Flat on the front when i make a knot.

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Would be nice if you posted in here instead on PM'ing...

Tried that before and got called a liar, so I just send it via PM anymore. If you search, it's in another thread on saddle-stitching I posted in...a few of them, I think...

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This is the same thread, and same chisels.

Sajou Lin cable 632, and Seiwa 3mm (8,5 SPI) http://andersenleather.blogspot.dk/2015/04/watch-strap-for-speedmaster.html

I used a awl with the same dimension on one of these i think. But the result is the same. Flat on the front when i make a knot.

Interesting. The holes might be too big for that thread. Try it with some bigger thread and see if you get a better result.

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