Hopalong
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I need to find someone who does the best work to have them correctly sew a leather name tag and squadron patch on my new reproduction A-2 flight jacket.
As Andrew has said you can do this yourself but for serious leather work you need a sewing machine with a walking foot, this pushes the multi thicknesses of the leather from the top and bottom in one movement. It is the type of machine used to make the jacket., and best suited for the name tag. I have tried to sew leather using the ordinary sewing machine but it can bunch up the leather as you need to push the top layer through the machine. Remember you have leather patch, jacket thickness and lining.Thanks for your replies. My intent was to have the patch and tag sewn on professionally in the correct spots on the A-2 like an Eastman or Goodwear would because of the price A-2's cost today and I want to be happy with the work done on the jacket.
Some A-2 purists are even fanatical about the color of thread to use to sew on a tag or patch.
Mike
I respect the guys that do the research to find out this info, but as a military aviator, I have to say that you use whatever works at the time you want something done to the jacket. The leather nametag I have sewn on my leather flight jacket was ordered from a local place in Pensacola, FL and it was sewn on by a leather repair shop in Norfolk. I never specified thread, just simply the general area of where it should be sewn on. Does that mean in 50 years someone is going to say “that’s not authentic, they used the wrong type of thread and sewed it 1/16th of an inch lower than it should be.” I say pish posh to all of that “authentic” talk. Take it to a local place that sews leather and have them do it.Some A-2 purists are even fanatical about the color of thread to use to sew on a tag or patch.
Mike