Has anyone tried Un-doing saddle stitching?

[mikesc]

I've been told that chainsaw sculpture,  skydiving and going somewhere where one might be shot at are dangerous too..

I only wear gloves when working with 3 phase and HT.

But I do have a lot of scars on my hands..and elsewhere..

 

you eat life..or...

 

Beware of Maya..

 

ps..In my family , we are all atheists.

Edited December 4, 2017 by mikesc

[KingsCountyLeather]

When my son was 3 yo he fell against a door jam and split his forehead,  While my son was in my arms, the doctor said he’d glue it with superglue so he wouldn’t have a scar. When he finished glueing the cut... he was talking directly to my son, but my son was a bit shy and lowered his head to my shoulder and stuck his forehead to my jacket! My son is almost 18 yo now and still has a scar on his forehead... 

[mikesc]

I know that I shouldn't be..but I'm giggling at that..

[Mjolnir]

2 minutes ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

When my son was 3 yo he fell against a door jam and split his forehead,  While my son was in my arms, the doctor said he’d glue it with superglue so he wouldn’t have a scar. When he finished glueing the cut... he was talking directly to my son, but my son was a bit shy and lowered his head to my shoulder and stuck his forehead to my jacket! My son is almost 18 yo now and still has a scar on his forehead... 

nearly blew beer out of my nose. Best belly laugh in a while!

[Fire88]

7 hours ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

Hi,

I was sewing some leather last night, the light wasn’t great and I pulled some stitches a bit too tight.

looking at it this morning... I would like to redo it.

has anyone ever tried to rip back the stitched and re do it again?

Ger.

Yep re-did some last night luckily I figured out the stitch was bad before I got too far along. If your not finished you can unsew it if you’ve finished get out the craft knife. Had to redo a whole purse earlier this year.

Edited December 5, 2017 by Fire88

[GrimR]

Yes I have had to do it to. As some one mentioned, a Stitch Ripper, you can buy them in sewing/haberdashery shops, normally used with cloth, the have a long rounded spike the won't dig into the leather or cloth and a sharp mini blade to cut the thread. They only cost a couple of pounds and are very handy.

Here's a link to UK Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=stitch+rippers&tag=mh0a9-21&index=aps&hvadid=2978721297&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_1vof0whjte_e

[zuludog]

I mostly make sheaths which have relatively sort runs of stitching. If I see that a problem or mistake is starting to occur I unsew/unpick/ tease out the stitching with my round awl or a dart head. Straighten or pull out that thread with your fingers or through beeswax and you can carry on sewing without a join

I sew leather by hand, but I also sew tents, rucsacs, and outdoor clothing by machine.

Whether sewing leather or fabric, if I need to cut through stitching I use either a stitch ripper or a number 3 Swan Morton scalpel handle with a number 10 or 10A blade

[fredk]

Yes; I have had to do it too. If I'm still sewing and the needles are attached I just reverse stitch back to the error and then stitch forwards again. But if all is done, eg on a repair job I have three tools in my armoury for cutting the sewn threads. Two have been mentioned already; the dress-makers seam ripper [on the left] - mostly for fine threads, a Swann Morton #12 scalpel blade in a SM handle - good for regular leather thread and even lacing up to 2mm thick [centre] and on the right, a dental pick, as it comes the point is sharp but I blunted it so it doesn't dig into the leather - its handy for loosening threads or lacing amongst other jobs

[ChasCS]

That's what the Fid was made for. Undoing knots and pulling out lace that needs to be redone, or ends joined when finished. 

 

Chas

[480volt]

Bob Douglas sells a tool called a “stitch line channeler” and put up a video about a year ago on Facebook demonstrating how to use it to cut stitches.