| During
World War II Army Air Force pilots wore embossed leather nametags on their A-2
jackets. They were embossed using only heat and pressure. The Air Force did
not use silver foil to emboss their nametags until the 1950's. 
Squadron flight equipment specialists cut 5/8-inch strips of
leather from vegetable-tanned luggage weight cowhide that had been neither dyed or
pigmented. Then they cut the strips into four-inch long blanks.
We've duplicated the nametags exactly as fighter and
bomber squadrons made them for their crews. The leather is luggage-weight natural
cowhide slit into 5/8 inch wide strips.
We set your name by hand using steel letter dies identical to
those used in WWII. Then we heat the type to over 100 degrees centigrade and press
your name into the leather at more than 3 bar pressure. After your nametag cools, we
apply a special leather treatment so it has a rich, warm, patina that will look just right
on your jacket. |
