Wm. Smith & Son Adjustable Right Handed Sailmaker's Sewing Palm

I used this sailor’s palm to hand-sew the leather helm wheel cover on our Leopard 40, and it made all the difference. Before getting it, I tried sewing wax thread by hand and my fingers were aching - I couldn’t work more than an hour without stopping. Once I started using the palm, I was able to sew for three hours straight without hand pain. The quality is excellent and it feels very durable, built to last through many projects. My hands are medium sized and while the palm felt a little big at first, it still worked perfectly and didn’t need to be tight to get the job done. Highly recommend this for anyone doing canvas or leather work on a boat!

This was a must for sewing a leather wheel cover for our sailboat wheel. Well made and very sturdy. The buckle makes it easy to adjust, good for medium and larger hands. A great addition to every sailor's toolbox!

I was a little unsure how to rate this. It is very durable for use as intended. I have medium sized hands for a woman, and was able to punch additional holes to modify it to fit me. The leather is very thick and stiff, similar to tooling leather. The inside is very rough, however. Perhaps it's intended use is to be used over gloves? I use it for leathercraft where gloves are not an option, so will apply some leather conditioner to soften it up. I have some carpal tunnel issue s, and this product gives me the support I need so I do not have to pinch my fingers so tightly. The glaze coating over it was rather sloppy. The reason I rated it a 4 is for function and durability, as it's intended use is for function, not aesthetics.

This is a high-quality heavy-duty product at a reasonable price. I am able to push a sail needle through 3/16" leather with minimal effort. A lot of the reviews complain about it not being comfortable. Since it is made of heavy-duty leather, it is stiff initially. I heated a couple of coats of mink oil into the leather to start breaking it in. My only issue with comfort was the thumb hoop which felt too tight and had too rigid of a profile. To fix this, I spent a few minutes with a sharp knife modifying the thumb hoop. I gradually shaved down the palm-side inner surface of the hoop to enlarge it slightly, and I rounded off (profiled) the hard square edges of the hoop leather where it contacts the inner surface of my thumb. This made a HUGE difference in comfort. After a few minutes of careful work, I had the sewing palm feeling like it was custom made for me.

Sturdy. Competitive price fits well and is comfortable to wear.

I'll admit, I've not attempted to use this yet, but that's because there is something wrong... with me, not the palm. So, five stars as it appears to be relatively well made and sturdy, and should do the trick once I've adjusted it so that I can use it. I'm on the small size. 5'4" in height, and there are teenagers with hands bigger than mine. I'm going to have to shorten it by a good two inches before I can use it as a result. I don't blame the palm. There really doesn't seem to be much in the way of sailmaker's palms made for those of us with tiny palms.

Reasonably well made, but it seems to be made for much smaller hands than mine. The leather also needs to be worked quite a bit. It is very stiff.

Wm. Smith & Son Adjustable Right Handed Sailmaker's Sewing Palm is proof that there are still solid, quality workmanship goods available in this world. I bought this sewing palm for my wife who is reupholstering our massage chair. We purchased the chair from Costco a few years back and unfortunately the chair began peeling like a leper on steroids after a few years. This chair was VERY expensive and we could not find an upholstering company to repair it so, my wife decided to take it apart piece by piece and reupholster it. The sail maker's palm is the only thing we could find to keep her hand from getting poked by the needle. This, ... is an EXCELLENT product.