Best sewing thimbles according to redditors

Thimblette

For counting notes more easily

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finger-Cones-Thimbles-Medium-studded/dp/B007C16FZO

Kuni's dry goods? I think they're just called Kuni's now?

Oh wait, to collect not to use? I don't think I've ever found a Hawaii souvenir thimble.

Enjoy your visit and buy this when you get back home:

https://www.amazon.com/Hawaii-State-Souvenir-Collectible-Thimble/dp/B00QT5G92S/ref=asc_df_B00QT5G92S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=216539702338&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2362536972144242853&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032168&hvtargid=pla-350802331671&psc=1

There's a thimble that is made of leather and has a metal piece where the needle hits for heavy duty sewing. If you look at amazon it's called a leather coin thimble (the piece of metal is the coin). It's made by Clover.

Clover also makes a ring type thimble out of leather. Ring type thimbles made of metal could work too without the awkwardness of the normal metal thimble, but the leather one is flexible so might be more comfortable. There are thick, wide, unadjustable ones and thinner adjustable ones that have a pad where the needle hits.

But otherwise you can plug in thimble, soft thimble, flexible thimble, silicone thimble (that comes up with some non-thimble finger caps for things like a hot glue gun and needle pullers and other stuff).

Oh hey, they sell a silicone thimble with a metal top, that might work well for you. Here

The only time I sometimes need something is when I am at the end of a thread and I put the needle through the back of a handful of stitches and pull through. That can be a bit tough so I got some silicone ones that just help me grip the needle. They're similar to these ones: Prym Needle Grabber with Breathable Slots and Cut Out Tips- Pink https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DYFQB3W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Q3XCybB2B34A3

Frequent breaks (even if they don't last long), stretching, and advil.

Now if it's from the yarn rubbing your finger, I got this rubber thimble thing that quilters use and it saved my fingers! Something similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Needle-Grabber-Breathable-Slots-Tips-/dp/B01DYFQB3W/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1468530015&sr=8-7&keywords=silicone+thimble

You deserve it! I filed down a small picture frame screw eye for the hook which fit neatly into a thimble hole, and on the other one I drilled a hole in a metal thimble for the chainsaw which has a connector piece that snaps into the hole. I put epoxy on the insides of both to secure them and protect against any rough edges.

Here was where I got the ingredients:

Plastic thimble

Metal thimble

Ash Action Figure

Screw eye/hook

I have this problem when working with sock needles. Those suckers are sharp! I use a Nimble Thimble, which is a soft leather quilters thimble with a little metal pad in the tip. I’ve usually found them at Joann’s in the quilting section. Here is the amazon link

Nimble Thimble

Why $20? That seems quite excessive for what amounts to a pen cap? I've had my SP4 since just after launch (originally got the SB but traded it in for the cheaper, lighter, and more stable SP4). I've used it daily since then for taking notes and finally broke my first tip last week when I dropped the pen tip first onto a concrete floor.

I don't know what kind of laptop bag you have that has enough play in the laptop pocket for you to put other things which can collide with the tip and break it, but mine i had a vertical top load and I can't fathom breaking the tip when it's stored. Maybe you just need a new bag?

Anyway, I was just thinking, if you really need something to protect the tip when it's in the bag would a small rubber thimble fit the bill? Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002JTO29A/

I just don't see a $20 pen cap being "cheaper" ever. Not given how many pens out there are running around without their caps. For about $45 I can get a whole new surface pro 4 pen plus a pen tip kit. The more I think about it the more absurd it seems. Like, if you were offering 5 caps for $1.00 it starts to sound in the neighborhood of reasonable...

As for your design being "well designed" making it worth the price it took me all of about 15 seconds to think up mine:

A small conical tip that fits over the tapered bit of the tip with a reservoir for the tip to occupy with a small ribbon of rigid plastic maybe 1/8 of an inch wide, 1/32 inch thick perhaps an inch long connecting the tip top a 3/4 ring of plastic, with an inner diameter 90% of the diameter of the pen body which is 3/16 inches wide and maybe 1/16 inch thick that you can slide or snap onto the pen to hold the tip cap in place.

Very little plastic needed and if I had a calipers and any skill in sketch-up I could whip out the design and release it for free to the world as a service. Certainly not worth $20 a pop, or even $5. When the cost to protect the thing is higher than the cost of the thing you have a problem -- I have a $700 phone, I'm not buying a $1400 case for it...