Old Indians Never Die patch in embossed leather

Old Indians Never Die
A large back patch: a skull wearing a great Native American feather headdress, between two banners, “OLD INDIANS” at the top and “NEVER DIE” at the bottom, with ribbons flying out on the sides. The whole design is embossed, every feather in relief. Four colours to choose from: antique brown, white, red or black. To sew on the back of a vest or a jacket.

Pre-punching option (+€5)
Sewing your patch on yourself, by hand, is the personal touch that makes all the difference on a vest. On a leather vest, you also need to punch the vest leather to pass the needle. With the pre-punching option, we punch holes around the patch in advance, one every 2 mm (0.08 in). The patch then becomes your template: glue it onto the vest with leather glue so it stays in place, punch the vest leather through its holes, and both line up perfectly. All that’s left is to sew with a saddle stitch, using two needles and waxed thread: it’s the strongest stitch for leather, and you’ll easily find a tutorial by searching “saddle stitch leather” on YouTube. For machine sewing, the unpunched patch is better.

Made in our workshop
In our family workshop, since 1989, our patches are cut from full-grain leather made especially for Traveller Shop by a French tanner, then embossed. The relief doesn’t really show in the photo: in real life, the design clearly stands out, and the patch looks even better.

Technical details:

• Shape: large patch cut as a badge with banners
• Width: 267.1 mm (10.52 in)
• Height: 267.9 mm (10.55 in)
• Colours: antique brown, white, red or black
• Material: embossed full-grain leather
• Attachment: sew-on (pre-punching option)
• Made: in our workshop in France