Shoemakers thread making kit for stitching leather welts and soles
Shoemakers Thread Making Kit
£35.00 £25.00
6 in stock
6 in stock
Categories: Kits, Shoe Makers Shop, Tools
Tags: Basic shoemakers tools, cobblers, leather work, Leather Workers, Shoemakers, Tool Kit, Tools, Tools Kit, Tools Organiser
Description
An essential thread making kit for all shoemakers. The kit consist of 5 items to make threads for stitching leather welts and soles.
Condition: New
Ideal Chrismas Gift for anyone who loves making handmade shoes. Comes in a gift pack.
Item Specifics:
- Brand: Mukshy
- Contents:
- Bar of bees wax
- Tar for binding boar or wire bristles
- Sticky thread wax
- 25 meters of hemp 8 core thread for stitching welts and soles
- 5 pairs of wire bristles
Instructions for making welting and stitching threads using wire bristles:
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- Cut 2 arms length of hemp thread
- Using a sharp knife tapper both ends of the thread. You’ll notice fluff comes off
- Examine the tapped ends and ensure that the ends have been tappered properly
- Apply sticky wax to tappered ends
- Now split the sticky wax tappered thread ends into 3 strands
- Fold the wire bristle into half like a quarter moon shape
- Attach the bristle in between the end of 3 strands
- Tie the wire bristle by making a knot to end of 3 strands
- Attach 2 strands of sticky thread to the folded wire bristle
- Start weaving the wire bristle with 3 strands of the thread to make the needle
- Or use an electric drill to fully weave the wire bristle and thread together
- Apply sticky wax and examine that it forms a neat needle
- Repeat the process for other end
- Use the above method if you are making boar bristle
- Warm the black tar over spirit burner and apply to the binded thread and bristle
- Rub by hand the binded thread with bristle till it becomes one
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