Stiching problem

[falcon45]

Hi all...I am currently making a leather sheath for a Mora Companion.  The stitching on the front of the sheath looks perfect, but the back doesn't look quite right.  Pretty rough looking.

I am using a Cowboy 4500 machine

277 thread

Organ 200/25 needle

3 layers of 10oz leather....1/2 inch total thickness

How can I improve the backside of this sheath?  All help is appreciated.

Thanks....................Falcon45

 

[Wizcrafts]

Is your needle in crooked? It looks like the slicing face is not inline with the direction of feed.

Have you thought about trying diamond point needles? I got some from Bob Kovar and they lay inline on the top and bottom, plus they don't depress the edges like the S points do. Using the same stitch length setting with Diamond (aka: triangle) points makes the stitches appear longer since they are more on the surface from hole to hole.

[CowboyBob]

Yes both the needles & leather can affect the look,see the samples we just made.

Edited June 28, 2018 by CowboyBob

[falcon45]

Thank you very much for the replys.  Yes.......I did have a `bent` needle!  (Can you tell that I am new to sewing?)   Sewing fine now.

[Yetibelle]

Also you may want to use a stitch-grooving tool to create a channel to sink the stitches into.  It all depends on the look you want, but the "sunk" stitches look really clean.