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Author Message   John_shriver Tinkerer Username: John_shriver Post Number: 20 Registered: 12-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 08:01 pm:    I use one needle -- a sewing machine needle in a pin vise, and two threads, doing the interlocking threads by hand. Waxed linen thread works easiest. It is tedious. I once brought a leather portfolio to a shoe repair place for restitching -- he didn't keep the machine running at the same stitch length as the original, made a rather ugly mess. Other shoemakers may be better...