Leather Patches…faves, care or lack there of.

[Mizmazzle]

I’m a huge sucker for a sweet leather patch on jeans and jackets. I don’t know what it is about them, but a really cool design on a patch gets my blood pumping!! Figured I can’t be the only one! So I thought a leather patch thread would surely exist. Couldn’t find one so thought I’d start one up!!

Y’all have any faves?? How do you care for your patches? Or just completely abuse and ignore? I’d love to see some pics of your well worn faves and how you care for them!!

Here’s my current fave!

[Karol]

@Mizmazzle You are not alone! It just took me a while to reach this post.

I treat the patches like I would footwear or really any leather thing - as much brushing and as often as the time allows.
And for conditioning I tend to go more and more for Obenauf’s Heavy Duty LP. In the past I used Saphir Renovateur but it had the tendency to leave the residual heavy wax inside patch carvings.

At present my favorite patch is one from an oversized pair of IH-888S-21 that I been washing in increasingly warm water until reaching 95 degrees Celsius in last wash.
The color and the leather structure changed so much.

[Mizmazzle]

@Karol oh sweet man. Dig that transformation. All kinda of tones and richness.

[Matt]

[Karol]

[Mizmazzle]

Classic

[weftyarn]

Great thread @Mizmazzle

I love the octopus 888 patches

Here’s my thrashed 21oz patch, not much care taken except some mink oil here

The new 888 SBG patch is already a favorite.

Also love the UHR patch. Still looking pretty good - has only seen water twice

[mikebarhoot]

i started out with Obenauffs on my 1st IH666XHS and again with IHxVS777S21s which caused them to darken way quicker than i wanted and in the case of the VSs made the image illegible. i began using Bicks4 on the rest and have been very pleased with its treatment. been a while since i’ve done a group photo so will get that done soon. but yes. patches influence my purchases. ‍️

[pechelman]

666 ducks have one of my favorite. I made sure to confirm the patch when ordering

Also like the slub tag

[Mizmazzle]

Hell yeah guys!! Love these additions. I’m pretty stoked the new generation of patches are just pressed and don’t have any pigment. Think they age really awesome that way.

[popvulture]

I hope whenever the 634 ducks show up, the patch will have a similar graphic. That said, slightly a bummer that a different number will result in a notably less satanic duck

[Mizmazzle]

@popvulture speaking of satanic…this is my all time favorite patch. That cattle skull is fucking rad! Sadly, I don’t have this patch on any of my own pants. Bought these very small jorts off my buddy just so I could have the patch. Thinking about sewing it onto a hat.

[five-pocket]

634s 21oz

[krebsy]

[hajduk]

Photo taken spontaneously this morning. Never be too careful but I really like this patch! The design. The evo. IHXB01-UHR.

[JunkPants]

Love this one:

[SKT]

Fun thread @Mizmazzle Here are a couple of my most worn patches

[SKT]

And I do love “The Devil’s Duck”

[Giles]

That last one is a good one because no way should that patch be on a pair of 777's. It's the original 666 patch

[SKT]

@Giles ha! Instant collectible