Live Free Ride Hardcore Embossed Leather Patch

Live free, ride without compromise
A dark-eyed skull, ringed by the motto LIVE FREE – RIDE HARDCORE: the patch for those who really ride, all year round. The skull and the letters are embossed in relief in the leather. Four versions to choose from: black and white, red and black, antique brown, or all black for a low-key look. Looks great on a vest, a jacket, a saddlebag or anywhere else you like.

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 in real life, it looks even better than in the photo.

Technical details:

• Shape: round
• Width: 71.0 mm (2.8 in)
• Height: 71.0 mm (2.8 in)
• Colours: black and white, red and black, antique brown, black
• Material: embossed full-grain leather, 2.5 mm (0.1 in) thick
• Fixing: sew-on (pre-punching optional)
• Made in our workshop in France