Hand sewing leather

Hand sewing leather. Hand sewing and stitching tutorial how to sew thick leather by hand using C. S. Osborne sewing awl and haft. I will show you some things I have learned over the years of making custom made saddles and the techniques I use to sew as straight as possible.
I will start off by telling you that I use and like Nickle Plated Harness Needles made by C. S. Osborne and Company, Harrison, N.J., USA I get them in a package of 25 and the number is NO. 517 and the length is 0 size. The thing I really like about these harness needles is that they have a large egg eye in which I can easily put a fairly large thread through.
My resource for my Osborne sewing needles and sewing awl and haft is Weaver Leather Supply and their website is https://www.leathersupply.com One note about buying from Weaver is that you will need a tax id number in order to do business with them. I think it would be worth your time and effort to set up a account with them because they have a wonderful leather supply catalog that is loaded with everything you need for leather crafting and saddle making. Phone number is 1-800-WEAVER-1
The awl haft I like and use is number CSO143 and the two sizes of saddlers harness awls I use the most are numbers CSO45-2-1/4 and CSO46-2-1/2 in the Weaver Supply Catalog.
At the end of this YouTube video you will see a custom made wade saddle that I made for Sage.
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Bruce Cheaney
Gainesville, Texas.
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