This is a tribute jacket for his Father who participated in WW2..if I'm not mistaken.
I think leather painted patches throughout would give the jacket a better presentation.
HD
This makes perfectly sense FlyGuy. Sorry for my remark. All the best to your dad. We all owe him, and his old buddies a lot. Will look forward to see the result
If there is not anything you are trying to replicate, try flicking through The Art of the Flight Jacket. Too many good ideas in there, just don't go all Top Gun on us!
Hey Tex,
I think the way you had it on the other thread looked fine. It might look a bit odd if you mixed leather and cloth all over the place (leather name tag notwithstanding), but then again, maybe not.
As for cloth patches on leather in general, consider that almost all Navy jackets were patched in cloth insignia. I've seen some WWII naval jacket patches that were leather but, by the time that G-1s really started sporting patches, they seem to all be cloth.
Same same for the A-2s once they began to be reissued in the 80s.
So, I don't think you need to worry too much about cloth patches on your dad's leather.
Deacon