Sewing machine needle

troutfisher13111

troutfisher13111

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I noticed that a lot of ya carry needles and thread in your kits. Well going through my wifes sewing stuff I found some extra needles for her machine. They are very heavy duty and the eye is at the bottom instead of the top. You could use the needle like a small awl when repairing any gear. The only problem I see, is that the hole or eye is small, and might be a problem for heavy duty nylon thread.

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They make them with bigger eyes. It's another small tool that could be useful.
 
Another tool for the tool box! Look for some lighter weight nylon thread, save the heavy-waxed thread for the leather sewing awl..






No regrets!
 
To add to this idea. Anyone packing a needle which may be used for sewing....

Go ahead and thread the needle, and pack it in your PSK pre-threaded.
Try threading a needle at night in the wilderness. :cool:

I think highly of Kevlar thread. Very strong.
 
SkunkWerX said:
To add to this idea. Anyone packing a needle which may be used for sewing....

Go ahead and thread the needle, and pack it in your PSK pre-threaded.
Try threading a needle at night in the wilderness. :cool:

I think highly of Kevlar thread. Very strong.
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Ok, now I need to get my hands on Kevlar thread!

Damn you Skunk!

Travis
 
Something else about this needle, it would be very easy to manufacture a handle that the needle would fit into and would be a fairly nice sewing awl very similar to the one on the recent sewing awl thread. I can see that it would be much easier to sew heavy material such as packs with this set up as opposed to a conventional needle, yet you would not have to carry anything more than you usually do except for the sewing machine needle. Chris
 
If you take an exacto knife & drill a small hole in the center of the collet that holds the blade, you can use it to hold a sewing machine needle (and it still holds the exacto blades ) - you can then cut down the handle for a smaller footprint in your PSK. I have one set up like this in my sewing kit - it works fine w/ heavy carpet/upholstery thread (or spiderwire).
 
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