This needle is made for sewing hard, or thick materials and has a titanium finish. It will sew through multi-ply material applications like quilting, jeans, applique or heavy embroidery. It is actually an industrial needle with a flat shank. If you are bending and breaking the 15×1 needles, this heavy duty needle could solve your problem. The titanium finish makes them even more wear resistant. Organ HLx5 – Home Embroidery, Sewing, Applique & Quilting Needle PD – Titanium Finish Heavy Duty – Longer Life Flat-Sided Shank Regular Eye Sharp Point 100 Needles Per Box Organ Brand Home Machine Flat Shank Embroidery & Sewing NeedlesHLx5 Heavy Duty – Sharp Point Titanium – 100 Needles (10 Packages of 10 Needles) These are similar to HA130NPD and HLx5 (both now discontinued. HLx5 PD:This needle is made for sewing and embroidering hard, thick or heavy materials. It will embroider and sew through multiple ply applications like quilting, jeans, applique or heavy embroidery. This needle is actually an industrial needle with a flat shank. If you are bending or breaking regular 15×1 needles, this needle could solve your problem. These hard chrome needles will outlast a standard 15×1 and this PD/titanium version of the needles are even more wear-resistant.Perfect Durabilityembroidery needles have a titanium-nitride ceramic finish which makes them more wear-resistant than any other needles. When embroidering large stitch patterns or penetrating very abrasive, dense or tough materials the needle points and surface will maintain its original shape and dimensions 3 to 5 times longer. PD embroidery needle points will not wear down as fast as chromium plated needle points. The use of PD embroidery machine needles gives you longer needle life, fewer defects due to “dulled” needle points, and increased productivity.Sharp Point:Sharp point embroidery needles, also referred to as regular” needleshave sharp pointed tips to help the needle penetrate tightly woven embroidery fabrics, as well as felt. They are also sometimes referred to as crewel needles as they are used for crewel embroidery. Sharp needles shouldn’t be used on knits, as they can cut the yarn that creates the interlocking structure of the knitcausing it to gradually unravel during laundering.
