Introduction

[pella]

Is leather alcool dye bad for linen? I always stich the color i want, never dye it. As you need to wax the thread before to stich, it should not take it very well? Unless you dye it before stitching, well i guess thats what you do...

I found my gutterman thread in NY, just genial this thread

[olandrea]

The problem ist that you find the Barbour's unwaxed thread only in natural color. So if would like to have it black or other colors you must dye it. But what kind of dye do you use for it?

Thanks

[pella]

I use Barbour Black UNWAXED thread...go see here you can buy some: tape abbey saddlery in google

coats and barbour is same

[olandrea]

I work with 5 cord, would this be 40/3 ?

[pella]

Hello

5 cords is 18/5 is im not wrong, i have some bobbins here of 18/5 and it is similar in thickness to the tandy waxed linen thread (if you know), for a stitching like 6point per inch it is great.

4 cord is 18/4

3 cords is 18/3

smaller 3 cord is 25/3

si i guess if the first number is bigger, the thread is smaller so 40/3 should be very fine

[olandrea]

Looks like abbey saddlery has the brown Babour only in 18/4 and 18/6 but not in 18/5. They have some 18/5 from Somac, did some one use this linen thread?

Olaf