Hand-sewing holsters of 11oz: waxed or unwaxed thread?

[tsunkasapa]

4 minutes ago, SPB said:

I'm buying my first machine (Chinese patcher) and am curious if waxed thread can be used with machines. I purchased a spool of nylon thread. 

For my hand sewing I use hemp thread that I manually wax with bees wax.  

Since I only hand sew, I can only tell what I read here concerning machines and waxed thread. And that is, that only a specific type of machine can do that. And your 'Chinese patcher' is not it. One of our machine experts can tell you what type you need for that.