Gorilla Embossed Leather Patch

The gorilla that never lets go of its cigar
A furious-looking gorilla, vintage motorcycle helmet on its head, aviator goggles pushed up and a cigar clamped between its fangs: the patch for bikers with attitude. The design is embossed in relief in the leather and then coloured, with a black border all around for sewing. Three versions to choose from: brown helmet with red goggles, brown helmet with yellow goggles, or black helmet with yellow goggles. To put 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 coloured. The relief doesn’t really show in the photo: in real life, the design stands out by about 3 mm (0.12 in), and the patch looks even better.

Technical details:

• Shape: gorilla head
• Width: 62.4 mm (2.46 in)
• Height: 88.7 mm (3.49 in)
• Colours: red goggles, yellow goggles, black helmet
• Material: embossed and coloured full-grain leather, 2.5 mm (0.1 in) thick
• Fixing: sew-on (pre-punching optional)
• Made in our workshop in France