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My repro of US WWII AAF layered leather patch
- Thread starter Miro
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Yardstick
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Very nicely executed.
One little piece of feedback is that most originals were made of quite thin goatskin (0.6mm or thinner). If you are after that authentic look, then that's the way to go. This could be smooth or pebbly in texture and sometimes suede was used as well. All of these are readily available from eBay or a good leather merchant. My theory is that shoulder patches were made up using scrap from larger patches - which is exactly what I use.
Here are a few examples that I have made up using those materials.
One little piece of feedback is that most originals were made of quite thin goatskin (0.6mm or thinner). If you are after that authentic look, then that's the way to go. This could be smooth or pebbly in texture and sometimes suede was used as well. All of these are readily available from eBay or a good leather merchant. My theory is that shoulder patches were made up using scrap from larger patches - which is exactly what I use.
Here are a few examples that I have made up using those materials.
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WingAndaPrayer
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Miro
Active Member
Realy nice work buddy. I did my the best I could and leather I found. Not all were made of thin leather.
I saw many examples on net and books, many different ways and different thicknes of leather.
I like this one, specialy shape of wings.
Working on CBI shoulder right now, will post photo in few days.
Cheers
Miro
Active Member
Sorry, I realy cant understand what you mean? I have some on ebay, but not leyered.
If you have some questions you can contact me on:
[email protected]
Cheers
If you have some questions you can contact me on:
[email protected]
Cheers
WingAndaPrayer
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Thank you, I do have some questions.
Yardstick
Well-Known Member
No problems mate, just wanted to pass on my own observations from 20 plus years trying to replicate the look of the original patches. Now I look again at the shoulder patch, I realise it’s from the Neilson jacket which is one of my favourites of all time. In fact I liked it so much I made up my own version of this very same jacket (also managed to get hold of a decent repro USA 48 star flag and blood chit from Ken @Aero Leather). As I recall I also went with cow hide for the AAF & CBI shoulder patches based on the pics of the jacket, although goat was by far the most common leather used in the theatre. When I next have it out I’ll take some pics - don’t have any good ones currently.
I look forward to seeing your CBI patches - there are lots of interesting variations out there.
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ShanghaiJack
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Brilliant work Miro..!!
