Winged Traveller embossed leather patch, skull ring and fringed rivet

A winged patch you put together yourself
A large shield with spread wings, cut and embossed in relief in the leather, with the pewter Traveller T riveted in the tip. In the centre, we sew on our round embossed patch with its ring of skulls (Ø 80 mm / 3.15 in), in the same colour as the patch. Three colours: antique brown (a light-and-shadow patina, lighter in the centre and darker towards the edges), red and black, or black and white. To sew on the back of a vest or a jacket.

The fringed rivet
In the centre, choose your pewter motif from 42 designs: eagle, skull, Route 66, Lady Biker, conchos, crosses… It is riveted in the centre, on a leather washer, with its pewter feathers and leather fringes hanging below the patch. Washer and fringes match the patch: black on the brown; red or black on the red; white or black on the white. Everything is assembled in our workshop: your patch arrives ready to sew on. The patch with the skull ring comes to €65, and €75 with the fringed rivet.

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, and our motifs are cast in solid pewter in our own moulds. 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 winged patch, riveted pewter Traveller T
• Width: 268.5 mm (10.57 in)
• Height: 158.5 mm (6.24 in)
• Centre: embossed round skull patch, Ø 80 mm (3.15 in), matching
• Decoration: pewter fringed rivet, 42 designs, or none
• Colours: antique brown, red and black, black and white
• Material: embossed full-grain leather
• Fixing: sew-on (pre-punching optional)
• Made in our workshop in France