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Frequently Asked Questions and Other Info

What is HOOK & LOOP mean in some of your patch descriptions?

Hook & Loop is that material on the back of patches that lets you adhere it to your flight suit or flight jacket.  It is similar material to V e l c r o  but the bigwigs at legal do not want us using that copyrighted term unless we are 100% sure it is a V e l c r o product, which, once it is sewn on to a patch, is impossible to determine.

Why do a lot of patches have dried glue / paper residue on the back?

Patch collectors tend to glue or tape their patches onto an index card to be slid in a page pocket in binders.  These typically do not reduce the value of a patch. However, some of my patches came from a collector that was a little too liberal with his glue and used an excess of it on the back.  I have these priced lower.  Not-so-fun-fact, he had a framed display of patches that he put glue on the front of the patch and stuck it to the glass.  Most of those went into the trash.

What is a "staple dent"?

A lot of the patches I have listed, came from a guy who stapled them to index cards instead of using a spot of white glue or double sided tape.  When I remove the patch from the index card, sometimes there is a dent where the staple used to be.  I'm sure these can be steamed out and it doesn't detract from the patch too much.

Why don't you just mail patches in a stamped envelope?

There are a couple of tabs that I do mail in a stamped envelope but for the most part they ship in a trackable package format.  This gives us a better chance that the post office won't lose the item and if they do, I can get them to help find it via the tracking number.  Also, most post office deliveries have GPS tracking and can tell you where they delivered it  which helps in locating missing or mis-delivered items.

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