a2jacketpatches

For sale is a very good used Tandy Imprinting Machine. It is nice and tight complete with guide fence and some type of snap setter. I believe it to be an early model but has had little use, feels like new. Purchased a while back at the local swap meet because I always wanted one for doing small name tags. but I found a better method to suit my needs using a specially ordered font and setting block that I simply press the whole name at the same time in a bench vice. http://www.ebay.com/itm/291222173375?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Thanks to you both, I will certainly contact and let you know how it goes.

I've been making my own using epoxy putty but they don't last very long and the process is tricky. I'd like to make good working dies once and for all then have them cast in brass or something to last forever or at least a material that could be easily recast a an affordable cost. Here's an example of what I'm embossing, they are only 3 inches wide and there's several different types I'm looking to make dies for.

Hey Johnny, posting your works here? Here's some more, I've done hundreds of these over the years and plan on expanding a bit into biker patches etc.

Here's two of my latest creations, 61st Fighter Squadron and an American Volunteer Group called Eagle Squadron that helped out the British prior to the U.S. involvement after Pearl Harbor. Several Jacket manufacturers out there making dead on repros of WW2 issued Jackets, so I developed techniques to replicate the insignia as they were made in the different theaters of operation. This multi-piece leather method was typical construction used in China, Burma, and India. These are artifically aged as well giving them a vintage look.

Great work, very familiar with Wicked Colors and the airbrush. I'm an airbrush portait artist but havent done a lot of it in the past decade since developing my little niche doing WW2 reproduction Squadron Patches. I'll post a couple of my newest creations.

Thanks for the reply, I've got some airbrushes and pretty handy with them, I'll post a couple of jacket paintings. The thing is that I'm looking for a finish that can take a beating later, get soaking wet, cleaned up with a tooth brush etc. like factory finished stuff. My applied finish has come off when I do the weathering process. I use a paint specially formulated for airbrushing leather but always thought there must be something else available, I'm not crazy about the cova colors. My patches need to be folded, washed, squished, you name it, whatever it takes for them to look vintage. What would be as strong and durable as factory finishes that I can shoot through my guns?

I make leather patches for reproductions of the classic A-2 Flight Jacket. There are thousands of designs so I'm always doing custom work along with some standard designs as posted here (if I can figure it out) These represent the Flying Tigers, AVG (American Volunteer Group) This unit opposed the Japanese invasion of China just before WW2. I've always been a history buff and artist, So I combine the two. I'm looking for ultra thin strong leather supply if anyone can help with that. I use reclaimed leather when I find it thin enough in a thrift store or something, but most of these patches are done in sheepskin. Wafer thin, pigmented and sealed, in all colors, would be a dream come true. http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/a2jacketpatches/23rdPrototypes002.jpg http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/a2jacketpatches/AprilTigers017.jpg http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/a2jacketpatches/CACWnew001.jpg