Leather as a shotgun stock repair

[ChuckBurrows]

NOW, I've got excess rawhide lace coming out of the knot.

Yep that's why I sew them on with linen thread - less bulk and no knots........
Looks good though I agree with HPH.....

use the baseball stitch and tap it down after sewing and you have the flattest seam possible...
A how-to for the baseball stitch courtesy of Al Stohlman..if you don't havea glover's needle no problemo just use an awl and a harness needle.
http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/tutorials/_baseball.html

Don't take offense, but there's something to be said for being a redneck...LOL....

No offense taken - I live in a trailer and somedays my yard would be in the running for the RN yard od the week - besides my mama's side of the family is Lousiana Cajun, who can even out rednceck the rednecks (love Jeff Foxworthy's riff on how his wife's family who are Cajun will eat ANYTHING!)

[santee]

Thanks, pards. I will add another strip, and try the baseball stitch. Gotta steal another rawhide bone from my neighbor's Rottweiler, appropriately named "Nutcracker", though.  Sigh...

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Thanks, pards. I will add another strip, and try the baseball stitch. Gotta steal another rawhide bone from my neighbor's Rottweiler, appropriately named "Nutcracker", though.  Sigh...

I dunno.... Is it worth it?

[santee]

Probably not. I'll go to the dollar store.