Leather Needle... or not?

[MarlinDave]

I use fabric needles in my Consew 225 on leather. I tried leather needles and it would not pick up bobbin thread correctly. I am sure It could be set to sew with these (hook spacing maybe) but it works with these now. 

[Klara]

Funnily enough I just sewed some plastic-coated fabric to leather (by hand) and pre-punched chisel holes and a glovers needle worked best. A normal pointy sewing needle was a lot harder to push through the plastic (there is no way a fabric needle will ever cut leather!) and I didn't even try a harness needle.

[TomE]

For leather sewn to heavy canvas or webbing, a single needle backstitch is used when hand sewing tack. This pattern creates longer stitches on the back/fabric side that gather more threads in each stitch.  It is used to repair horse blanket closures, girth billets, and "rubber reins" that incorporate nylon straps sewn to leather billets.  Creates a durable stitch but the backside is not as tidy as a saddle stitch.