Round Skull Embossed Leather Patch with Pewter Centre Motif

A crown of skulls, a motif in the centre
A large 14 cm round patch, cut and embossed in relief in the leather: a crown of skulls runs all the way round, and in the centre we rivet the pewter motif of your choice, from 32 designs: Live to Ride, Route 66, Lady Biker, eagle, bison, Celtic cross, Aztec calendar, skulls… Four colours: antique brown, red and black, black and white, or black. To sew on the back of a vest or a jacket, or on a saddlebag.

The pewter motif
Each motif is cast in solid pewter in our moulds, deburred by hand and given an antique silver patina. We rivet it to the centre of the patch in our workshop: you receive the patch ready to sew. The motif sits on a leather washer that matches the patch: black on the brown and on the black; red or black on the red; white or black on the white. The price follows the motif you choose: €25 for the patch, plus the price of the motif (€20 to €35). Prefer the patch on its own? Choose “No motif”.

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 have to pierce the vest leather to pass the needle. With the pre-punching option, we punch the edge of the patch in advance, with a hole every 2 mm. The patch then becomes your template: glue it to the vest with leather glue so it stays put, pierce the vest leather through its holes, and both line up perfectly. All that is left is to sew with a saddle stitch, using two needles and waxed thread: it is the strongest stitch for leather, and you will easily find a tutorial by searching “leather saddle stitch” 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 tannery, then embossed. In the photo the relief barely shows: in real life the design stands out clearly, and the patch looks even better.

Technical details:

• Shape: large round patch, crown of embossed skulls
• Diameter: 140 mm (5.5 in)
• Colours: antique brown, red and black, black and white, black
• Centre motif: solid pewter with antique silver patina, riveted on a leather washer (32 designs, or no motif)
• Material: embossed full-grain leather
• Fixing: sew-on (pre-punching option)
• Made in our workshop in France