Motorcycles embossed leather patch, eagle and engine, small wing with pewter motif

The Motorcycles shield
A large shield embossed in relief in the leather: the spread-winged eagle, the V-Twin engine and the word MOTORCYCLES. Four versions to choose from: red and black, antique brown, black, or coloured (white eagle, silver engine, copper background). To sew on the back of a vest or a jacket.

The small wing and its motif
At the bottom of the shield, we rivet a small leather wing with the pewter motif of your choice in the centre, from 42 designs: eagle, skull, Route 66, Lady Biker, conchos, crosses… The washer matches the patch: black on the brown and the black; red or black on the red; white or black on the coloured. Everything is assembled in our workshop: your patch arrives ready to sew on.

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 Motorcycles patch, eagle and V-Twin engine
• Width: 298.6 mm (11.76 in)
• Height: 221.4 mm (8.72 in)
• Colours: red and black, antique brown, black, coloured
• Decoration: small leather wing and riveted pewter motif, 42 designs
• Material: embossed full-grain leather
• Fixing: sew-on (pre-punching optional)
• Made in our workshop in France