How to Sew Buckskin.

Unless I am sewing a heavy outdoor bush moc, I dont use sinew to sew buckskin. I prefer a buckskin thong. Prepunch the holes with an awl. If you don't have a strip of iron cord, use a feather vein. You dont need the iron or feather, and can get away with just pushing the tip of the thong through each hole and synching the cord; this can be far more time consuming however as you won't always push the tip through on each try.

Make a slit with a knife - dont punch a hole with an awl - into the tip of thong. Make a U of the iron cord bit as shown. Make sure the holes to be sewn are well opened with the awl.

A sharp, tapered nail - sized appropriate for the sew task - in a beam, with the leather pushed down onto the awl, is an easy way to make sew holes.