Rifle scope lens caps.stitching query

[shug]

I am making lens caps for a ww2 aldis smle rifle scope and am struggling with the stitching technique involved.i am using a curved awl but find it difficult to keep ìt tidy on the actual cap.would appreciate any tips on the subject.have included pic of one i have completed.thanks

[plinkercases]

Go to Tandy on line and buy the Art of Making Leather Cases by Stohlman  - Volume One actually has a scope cover set like this and how to make it.

Lots of tips and illustrations.

And its like sewing a toe plug and you need to imagine the awl following a radii from the centre so you stabbing inwards along imaginary spokes of a wheel. Spacing on the cap cover is smaller than the sleeve edge. But you may have know that. Just a thought.

Edited June 21, 2016 by plinkercases

[shug]

Thanks for the tip,i will look for that book and what you say about the radii of the stitch spacing is right,i found it very offputting.thanks again.

[plinkercases]

all three volumes have great examples in them and even if we don't have those kinds of cameras or radios etc. anymore the techniques can be used for all kinds of applications. I got the PDF versions and refer to them often.