Battle Vest: A Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- In my new video I talk about my love for battle vests.
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I'm 53 and being a metalhead growing up I wasn't able to actually express myself at home. No posters, battle jackets or piercings. However, after years and years I'm finally putting my first one together. The first patch is a back patch of Motorhead. Long Live Lemmy!
Cool. I had the Bastards album cover on the back of my battle vest.
Motörhead was my first back patch and will forever be my favorite band.
I’m 18 yo female metalhead in religious family and I’m also can’t express myself but this music lives in my heart
We didn't have battle vests /jackets when I was a teenager
I wore a Led Zeppelin t shirt to school ( Jr. High)
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I was one of a small handful of girls who wore battle vests to school in the 80s. I leaned how to sew from my Dad, who learned in the Marines. I made some good money sewing on patches for all the Metal guys then.
I made my vest out of Dad's old denim jacket from the 60s and I passed it on to my daughter in the early aughts. Now it'll go to my grandson whenever he wants it- and I'll teach him how to sew for sure.
Damn, this vest is 4 generations old now..
That's awesome!
That is awesome!! I too am a metal chick from the 80's....good times and Im still just as into metal now...til I die!🤘🤘
I always found it rather stupid that some people would think you can only get patches at concerts. A battle vest exists to show the bands you love, not to show off how many you saw live (although you could definitely make one specifically for those, I guess...).
I live in an area where live shows are a rarity, I can't travel for multiple days and being in a crowd means instant panic attacks, so no concerts for me. And you can bet all my patches where bought online.
Yeah I find that idea stupid too.
Especially since I have to travel 2-4 hours to see any shows.
And a lot of my favourite bands just do not do live shows or are split up.
Plus I've been to several shows that doesn't even sell merch at the venue :/
(Edit: maybe the odd shirt or two, but not patches!)
yeah I agree, I don't know where this guy got that from, snobbery at it's best.
Yeah I agree! Im in my 40s and Ive been goin to shows since the very late 80s/early 90s.I will tell you now that I was broke....I couldnt afford to get much if anything!.I just made sure I was at the show! So anybody sayin patches should only come from the show is absurd!! They are missing the point...man I hate snobs.I have gotten patches online and will continue too and I dare a mf to tell me Im less metal for it! Im all metal....til the day I die!!!😜🤘🤘
I'm trying to ONLY do that, but the lead singer/guitarist of my favorite band died when I was 6, Chuck Schuldiner of Death.
This popped up in my notifications literally JUST as I picked up my jacket and setup the table for sewing.. this guy's reading my mind.
This is some nice inspiration to sew!
I have a vest but also a battle dress! I found this black denim dungaree dress and I'm currently filling it with black/folk/death metal patches. I thik it's super cool and unique and very much my style. I've gotten many compliments at festivals and won patch giveaways. I love how vests (and other battle garments) are an expression of us as metalheads. Pretty much each vest is as unique as the person wearing it :)
A battle dress? That sounds pretty unique.
You and christhrash inspired me to start my vest 5-6 years ago I think and now I'm almost done with it. I only need a halo effect patch and an angelus apatrida patch.
Fr dude i really got into metal bc of chris thrash
Same here man it was him and Chris that introduced me to a ton of different bands and the world of battle vests. Before them all I wore was a shirt and jeans. My vest is 3 years old this year.
Fuck yeah man. Ángelus Apátrida kicks ass. Best band to come out of my country!!
40 y/o long-time metal head. I only recently started a vest, but I have been collecting some of the pins and patches since I was in my teens. Some patches have been on 2-3 other jackets or bags before their current home. At this point in my life, the only thing missing is more reasons to wear it!
Loooooove battle vest! So cool to se how everyone does theirs . Have one of my own . And iam now collecting patches for a worn out cheap fake leather jacket i have . It will all be 80's hairmetal. Not many thinks its metal . But i like that catchy old shit 😎
I enjoy it too
I've recently been working on my Goth battle vest with all of my favorite Goth-Rock and Darkwave bands. It feels so great getting new patches and sewing them on, putting buttons/pins on, and whatever else I want!
It's my second vest after my Metal vest which I completed last year. Making vests is addictive and so much fun.
Cheers! 🍻
Yes!! I'm a Goth and a Metalhead. I wanted to work on a Goth Rock and Darkwave battle vest.. would it be weird to put a Bauhaus or She Past Away patch on my Metal Vest, or should I start on a brand new vest?
@@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 I almost forgot about my original comment lol. Anyway, no I don't think it'd be weird to put Goth patches on a Metal vest - I've seen a lot of vests that look great with mixed-genre patches.
But, and this is just my opinion, I'd try to kind of make them even in number because having 20 Metal patches and 1 or 2 Goth patches, and vice versa, looks a little weird to me but purely for aesthetic reasons lol.
It's YOUR vest project though so I say go wild and do what you want! No one can tell you what's wrong or right on your vest except you!
@@billyt.7306 I see, I already have a lot of metal patches on my vest, but it's possible to put some more, but I'm most likely going to put the Goth Rock patches on another vest.. Do you find other Goths that love both Metal and Deathrock and Darkwave? Sometimes I feel like I'm the only Metalhead/Goth listening to Lycia Bauhaus, or She Past Away etc..
Do you listen to Coldwave to?
@@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 I've been in the Goth scene for a few years at this point, primarily in NYC but have since moved to the Pacific Northwest. I've met quite a few Goths that also like Metal, but haven't heard Metal other than Type -0 played at clubs or events lol I think Type -0 gets special privileges among Goths, unlike other "Goth-Metal" bands such as The 69 Eyes, Paradise Lost, ect.
I like some Coldwave, Lebanon Hanover is probably my favorite but I've heard tracks from other artists that were good.
Darkwave is my favorite Goth subgenre aside from Trad/Goth-Rock, so bands like Forever Grey, This Cold Night, Vandal Moon, Twin Tribes, Selofan, ect. ect.
@@billyt.7306 Also one last thing lol, I wear my battle vest everywhere, as a Goth and Metalhead both if I run into another Goth do you think they won't think that I like Goth music just because I'm wearing my Metal Vest, and a Mastodon shirt, I don't really go out much so I don't really know much about socializing lol.. I hope they would say something, so they'd know I'm also Goth.. vice versa with Metalheads when I make a Goth Vest to.
Just finished my first vest in the past few weeks. I'm not ashamed to say my mom helped machine sew some of the bigger patches on. Besides, who that will ever see it will know you didn't sew it yourself? Please make more content like this
I was inspired to make a vest of my own in 2016 when I started to go to more death and black metal shows and saw a lot of metalheads at the shows wearing them. I was studying abroad in Copenhagen at the time, as well as doing a lot of travel within Europe, and was able to find at least one store in every city I visited that had patches. I bought my vest in Prague and bought 20-something patches from various stores and sewed them on the vest. I started another one 3 years ago, which has been a very slow work in progress. It's almost full now, but I have a few more patches I got for Christmas I still need to sew on.
I've had my vest for over 4 years now & managed to fill it up & got signatures from 2 bands
I started my battle vest during the pandemic. I had tickets to Wacken in 2020 and I wanted to wear a vest there. A friend helped me sew the back patch on, but taught me a few tricks and I’ve sewed most of them on myself now. Finally went to Wacken in 2022 with my vest and had a great time!
Sewing can be very therapeutic...especially with the right album playing.
Yeah last night I was sewing while listening to a playlist of 2 Xasthur and Esoteric albums shuffled together.
It's absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to sew patches without metal playing.
I don't like sewing much, but I won't sew my patches without music playing, it makes it so much better. Still working on all my patch jackets. I did finish one this year, though it's not a band jacket.
I have 5 battle vests. Oldest one is from late 80's. That one is sewed by my mother... I know... But latest ones I've of course sewed myself. Latest one is a Sabaton tribute vest for which I myself made a Sabaton logo out of reflective fabric. It turned out pretty good, I think.
I've tinkered with putting patches on a leather jacket I own, but I'm finally going through the rite of passage of making a proper vest.
I'm ordering all my patches online because I've had to move to a super remote rural town. I think elitism in metal is healthy, but when it gets in the way of practicality then it doesn't make a lot of sense.
Been into metal my whole life, and it's time. I had a brief stint where I finally got to go to 2-3 shows a month for roughly a year and it was life changing. This vest will be an ode to all the amazing bands I saw, and super cool dudes that I met. Shout-out to the CA bay area thrash scene, still going super strong, you're all legends and I miss you dearly.
Nice to see you again, brother! I just watched "An American Werewolf in London". As i might have mentioned i'm planning on making my own horror vest, i already got a couple of patches and a vest. I'm gonna get more patches before i sew on the patches i have. I also completed my own battle vest last year. I'd like to send pictures of it to you, if that's ok.
American Werewolf in London is a great film! I love it.
The sequel is a bit crazy though lol.
@@cookiesontoast9981 the sequel was in paris, right? Felt like a fever dream
I'm 52 and been a metalhead nearly 50 years. I go to a lot of shows, and have collected patches throughout the years, but never put a vest together. I think I'm going to do it now as a project this winter. Thanks for the inspiration to finally do it..
A quick fix to your oversized denim problem; wear the vest over a leather jacket.
I totally cheesed out and paid a alteration place to sew mine one with a machine.
I love Metal, Punk, and Rock 'n Roll in general. My favorite vest is one that started out as a cheap denim jacket when I was in high school. Over the years it has morphed into representations of various parts of my life, including bands (big time and local), nerd shit, and just things that I like. Very personal for me, and I love it! Some patches overlap because there isn't much room left for more. I don't have a Maiden patch, but it has Steve Harris' autograph on it so it doesn't get much better than that. Enjoyed your video.
That's awesome
Been working on my battle vest, just ordered a new kraanium patch and last days of humanity patch
Last Days of Humanity fucking rule
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil!!!!
The show is not only great on its own, but also McMurray is a Metalhead that drives a Chevy Caprice. God I love that show and Letterkenny.
Im 57 and about 6 years ago i made mine. I had some patches and buttons from the 80s. I bought a vintage jacket and cut the sleeves off. I made the one that my 16 year old self couldn't afford. Uh my wife used a sewing machine so I'm not a real Metalhead lol. The patches aren't ever coming off. I was stopped at a concert and a guy wanted a picture of it. It kind of blew me away.
The patches were probably made by women with sewing machines..
When I first found out about battle vest it was ur video I watched I now own two and want more it's been maybe 3 years
I just found your channel. I'm 52 and looking to start making my first battle vest
Bikers and soccer fans also wear vests like that with biker or soccer stuff on them.
I'm only having a denim jacket with a few little
AC/DC-Buttons and a big one by german thrash metal band Victim, which their singer gave me at a concert last year. That was awesome.😃
They even signed an album for me after they played. They had to leave pretty quickly but still did that. Very cool. I can only recommend you all to check them out.😉
Yeah I've been told like 4 times that I look like a biker, the idea of metalheads wearing patched jackets is more unknown to the general public and they just instantly think "biker"
denim jackets started with bikers in the 50s
I’ve been collecting patch’s for awhile but never put them anywhere. I just liked having patches I guess. Then my parents got me a nice Sherpa lined carhartt vest and for whatever reason a skirt popped up on my feed of a battle vest like UA-cam knew. So i started adding my patches. But I did it a little different, i have patches from my favorite bands but also personal achievements or hobbies and interests. It’s quite literally my entire personality.
I like this channel so much cuz u cover the best metal topics and ur personality is really cool
I have 3 Metal Vests, my favorite one I made back in 2018, I still wear it, I wish I could show you the bands I put on there.. it's many subgenres of metal bands and patches not just limited to one style of metal.. I wish I made a battle vest back in 2010.. I couldn't at the time due to my parents beliefs, but my mother has gotten over it.. I just wore metal shirts back then, and then in 2018, I decided it was time to make a metal vest of mine own.. I grabbed the needle, and thread, and begun sowing.. to this day I've been wearing it everywhere I go. It feels incomplete without it.. except at job interviews or "important places" of course..
Edit: Todd and the pure book of evil.. man i watched the real life TV series back in my Baby Metalhead days.. miss that show..one of the reasons why I love Metal to this day including watching Metalocalypse.. Great memories and great times.
I've done my vest during covid because I needed something to do. Also had my first tattoo. I guess I 'm "one of these guys" now...
one of what guys?
So, my first vest, I started making it when I was 14 years old! I finished it at 18 last year, and now im starting another vest, with more underground bands and trying to get the majority of the patches through gigs!!
My first one was blue denim, this one is black denim.... I'm trying to get a leather jacket so I can put patches and studs on that as well.
My only battle vest is 34 years old. My backpatch is a Sacred Reich Surf Nicaragua patch. I also have an Anthrax Not Man, Metallica Ride The Lightning, Megadeth Killing is My Bisiness, Overkill logo, Slayer Hell Awaits and Voivod logo. But in those days, they were just called denim jackets with the sleeves cut off.
My Sacred Reich patch replaced an Exodus Bonded By Blood patch.
My.aunt put the Exodus patch on with her sewing machine and you would have thought that the patch came with the vest.
My friends that I ran with in the 80s were artists, and they had army jackets with the Voivod logo on their backs. Another friend made an Anthrax jacket but forgot the "H" so it said "Antrax".
for what Ive seen most of the battle vest, yours is the best amongst others
I learned how to sew back in primary school, just needed a little help from my mom with going over pockets. Started my vest 5 years ago, still working on it 🤘
Plus i learned to sew when i was in like 3 or 4 class ( Denmark). For some reason i could remember it like it was yesterday
i took home economics in school to learn how to sew. Wanted to know basic life skills anyway, but was very happy to have that skill when i got to making my vest
I’m currently getting ready for a horror movie battle jacket too! What a coincidence haha
Battle vests are a huge part of who we are as metal heads...loved this video and no I aint tired of listening to you talk about it...its one of my very favorite things about us as far as showing off our loyalty and passion for metal music! 🤘🤘
I always got bigger clothes hoping I would grow into them. Here I am stuck at 5’3 with all my large concert shirts and my Large vest collecting dust. I have a smaller vest now, though.
What I've learned is to get patches without crazy designs or just weird jagged logos since they're a pain in the ass to sew over things like circles, squares, or the odd Coffin like my Napalm Death one, and to not get screen patches. It's been a few years now and all those screen patches I got are terribly faded or damaged. Gonna start a new one eventually and stick with the embroidered.
Yes! I've learned that myself too, my Inquisition patch I sewed on recently was so much more of a pain in the ass to get on because it's cut right to the shape of the logo itself. I'm avoiding patches like that when I can now.
Screen patches?
I haven't worked on my vest in a couple years and should add to it!
Ashamed to say I'm a 31 year old woman whose mom sews all her patches on 😂 in my defense though she's basically a professional and machine sews them. They aren't going nowhere!
As far as buying patches online, I think it's great as long as you buy them directly thru the band and so the money supports the band.
I selectively wear mine but have lots of satanic patches and don't wanna have that backlash on my son's at school. They don't need that. It's unfortunate but I just would hate them to get treated some type of way because of me and my music and personal interests.
You do know that your kids will be treated a weird way not because of your actions but because of their behavior. Learning to protect ones self is apart of growing up. Also metal heads in general are treated like they are immature. Where I feel that the only thing we are guilty of is standing out. Also children get into fights because of their own chemical imbalances like testosterone. While the excuses is often something else.
I agree that buying patches directly from the bands online is the best way to go about that.
Well learn to sew. It is a skill I would expect a grown woman to have.
I am a 44 year old man who has been into metal since I was 3 years old. It feels difficult for me to blend in while showing off that I am into metal. So I would like it to know that there are other adults who love metal. I honestly like having a huge beard, with braids in it.
dork.
@@xPumaFangx what if the bands do not sell patches at their shows? who cares where the patch comes from? the bands don't make them themselves so what is the big deal?yeah we can all learn to sew.. if your mom has a machine what is the big deal? people pay to have things sewn onto clothes and tailored, altetered..the patches were probably made by some old lady in china, so is it not cool anymore because an old lady made it? ridiculous
@@thejusticeization The most important questions you asked I am going to answer first.
1. Your statement "the patches were probably made by some old lady in china, so is it not cool anymore because an old lady made it?"
It is not cool to have a slave make something in China. You might not know or care about chinese made goods. But I do.
1.a Everything made in china has a portion of its money spent on it. Given to support the CCP, and its military. As in every product you get from there supports the take over in Taiwan. The mass Genocide of the Uyghurs people. The persecution of the Falun Dafa.
1.b These people middle class earn less than 7.25 the federal minimum wage. That is slave wages.
How dare you talk like it is ok to have something made in china!
2. what if the bands do not sell patches at their shows?
I thought I stated online sales. You want to talk about shows. What does it matter if it is sold at a show or sold online?
Which is more confusing than anything else.
3. I actually do care where the patch comes from. See number 1.
3.a You do know that JJmetalhead makes her own patches. She is a youtuber who teaches you how to do stuff. Maybe you should go watch her video on the topic. You know really cut out that chinese blood money.
4. It is not masculine to sew. As in my wife sews for me. Are you telling me that I have to become more feminine to fit your needs? Well with that statement. Begs the question of who are you to me? My wife likes the fact that I can repair her car. She likes the idea that I am able to carry Heavy objects, and do the plumbing. You do know I can build a pc.
So can you.
Maybe you should go to a gun range sometime. Take some firearms training course. Really put down the tofu. Eat a steak for dinner.
Learn to sew.....
I get what youre sayin to an extent.I. am a metal chick myself but I would wear it proudly.Other peoples ignorance isnt your problem and in todays climate with all the weird crap goin on Id sure as hell wear it if I want to....Ive always been that way though and it aint that Im tryin to make it harder on a kid...Im just bein me and if that teaches them to be themselves no matter what then its worth it....and its METAL!! lol js.🤘🤘
Badass vests! The horror one sounds awesome makes me want to make one! 🤘🏻
I've been putting off making a battle vest for too many years! For some reason I just can't see myself wearing a vest in general, it looks amazing on others but for myself not so sure. I'm thinking of using a zip hoodie in place of a vest, but for now I'm turning my work bag into a battle backpack.
Man I really like the back of your new vest, using just the cutout logos give it such a different look. I'm going to steal that for whenever I do start my battle vest/jacket/hoodie whatever I decide lol.
A vest looks cool on anybody who wears it...especially when you have your patches of all the bands you love on it!!!TRUST ME ON THIS!🤘🤘
I'm using hoodies for mine.
Yup i have 4 battle vests they are fun to make
Hi, cheers from Oaxaca City, MEXICO. I have 5 Battle vests and one jacket, the Battle vests are from black metal, War black death, heavy metal, thrash metal and power Metal. The battle jacket is from black metal and black death patches. I am still thinking to create a death Metal Battle vest, but as i told hoy i am still thinking on It, cheeeerrs Black Metal Werewolf 🤟🤟🤟😈🤘🤘🤟🔥🎸🎸🎸
I'm building my first Battle Vest right now! I'm really excited. I bought myself a black denim jacket, and I got some patches here and there. I got Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Death, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I also just thought myself how to sew the patches, they're a little crooked but that's alright. I ordered a Sabbath Bloody Sabbath back patch and I can't wait to get more.
He's back!
I love battle jackets.
Very cool. I actually just started my vest the other day 🤘
Man I just discovered a company called Pull The Plug Patches, they make some bad ass all woven Patches and they have a wide range of bands. The quality is awesome, highly recommended
ONE day, I hope to create one Myself. 🤔🥰🤗💖🇨🇦😎🤘🏻
I recently started a battle vest this video is great 👍
sewing is a great skill to learn, I was lucky my nan was willing to teach me some basics. first patch I got was mayhem, specifically deathcrush i think
I think they’re awesome and i love admiring other people's work, both of mine are still in progress.
I think I did something no one had ever done before... I made a pair of battleshorts. I had a pair of cutoff bdus. And I started putting patches on em. It started with my doggie drinking a beer patch and somehow it evolved over time. I kinda wish I still had em. You should see my old leather jacket. I still have it, but I can't fit into it anymore. It's pretty badass. Weighs eight pounds with all the shit that's on it. Spikes and chains and patches all kinds of bullshit.
Funny enough my first patch was also cradle of filth 😂😂 when I started making my battle vest. Didn’t finish it though still slowly slowly working on it due to getting side track on other things been few years now.
love the video brother
Just started my new battle vest. Can't wait to put more on it🔥🔥
Yes!
I made mine a bit big so I have room for a jacket underneath, i also made one from a hoodie.
Watching this while wearing mine!
Your first battle vest looks kick ass.
As a Metalhead myself i am literally getting into starting my battle jacket since i collecting metal patches because i am starting to getting into a metalhead
At the rip old age of 34 I'm starting my Battle Vest. Yeah its not gonna be just metal. I'm gonna do a bit of a sacrilege, and put some alt country stuff on there (Colter Wall, the Dead South [As a son of Kentucky The Dead South is Peak Blue grass and I'll fight anyone who disagrees], Willie Nelson and what not). But its going to be 90% Metal. Because Metal is Peak Music, and it binds us all together. Rep yourself, rep the stuff you like. Raise Hell, Praise Dale, and FUCKIN SLAYER.
They’re beyond cool. Never a waste.
Just recently watched Todd & the book of evil. Reminds me of deathgasim. Both are great.
I had a battle vest. We use to call them "patch vests". Mine had two patches above the breast pockets - Slayer on the right (Show no mercy) and Iron Maiden on the left (A real ive one - with bassist Eddie). On the back first I had Piece of Mind, but then I replaced it with Motörhead - Bastards.
I wore mine over this awful 80s leather jacket to emulate the biker style. I wanted a double rider, but back then it was hard and expensive to get one in Eastern Europe. I also wore my pants over the combat boots, biker style, because I had just seen "Fixing the shadow",whileeveryone else were stuffing their pants legs in the boots metal style. I quite liked the biker esthetique so the Bastards patch was awesome not only because of how great that album is, by one of my most favorite bands, but also because it reminded me of a biker club patch. This was probably 20-25 years ago.
I saw a young fellow at the bus stop recently , who was wearing a battle vest. He had a Mercyful Fate's Melissa back patch. Pretty awesome. He was also carrying a casstte deck. Total 80/90s nostalgia. I was in my commuter clothes LOL, jogging pants, wind jacket... I was pissed, like "Damn he can't recognize that I am a brother of metal in these clothes".
I don’t have a battle vest but I do have two battle zip up hoodies (working on a third one). A bit harder to sew on but it works for me.
I have a battle vest and a battle backpack lol
Great video I've recently started making my own battle vest which at the moment I only have 3 patches on it and I plan to get more soon
I am 48 and making my first Battle vest. I always had backpatches as a teenager though. I am looking forward to wearing my vest at Wacken next year.
Started working on one recently. Just about done buying all of the patches that will go on it, but I still have a lot of sewing to do. Im excited to do a video on it one day.
I've torn the sleeves off my denim jacket some years ago. Might as well get some patches!
First off I Love your battle jacket man! Especially the Horror one. That's very very cool. I made my first battle jacket back in 2018. I did have one before that one. But I'll admit I'm one of the uncool ones and had my mum do it for me. I know it's fuckin shit 😂 but I have learnt from that and when I actually made my 1st jacket I felt a instant connection to it. And I take great pride in it. I have made another jacket since and currently making my 3rd. It's turned to a little hobbie of mine. I generally love making them and seeing other people's jackets is pretty cool.
I think I got a pretty cool story about my vest
One time I was at LAX wearing my battle vest with pride I was sitting with my girlfriend at the time waiting for our flight and this guy comes up to me with a laptop and a camera. The guy sees my vest and it just baffled about all the patches asking me if I really do listen to every band on my vest and obviously I do. The guy then tells me he's a DJ and also makes his own music taking small samples from other bands and songs turning them into his own creation and he wanted to try working with metal. So he takes a picture of my vest front to back and ask me for more band recommendations and I was happy to help. I'm glad I was able to do that for him
Can’t believe it took me this long to see this video. I remember seeing a couple of my friends were putting together battle vests at the time and I was like “damn, that looks so rad and clean”, so naturally, I wanted one too. My mom (thanks mom) took me to Hot Topic and found a blank one for $40. Because we were pretty poor and I was going through middle school and didn’t have a job yet, I was trying to get my mom to order all the patches I wanted and stick them on my vest. She ordered what she could afford at that time. My first ever patch was a Slipknot patch, because they were what got me into metal and because I loved them so much at the time, they were my go to. At the time I was so unwilling to learn how to sew because I was just so lazy. So I get a few more, stick them on, and I sported it for a while, but I just stopped wearing it out a lot, my friends at the time stopped wearing theirs too. I eventually just gave up and stopped getting my mom to do it all for me, so I took the patches off and got rid of it. Fast forward a few years and I get together with my girlfriend. Fast forward a few more years and she starts getting more and more into metal, and she decides she wants to start her own battle vest. Originally I didn’t want to start another one., I also thought my opinion changed because one of my buddies said something I thought I agreed with, but in hindsight, I thought it was pretty stupid, so I was lying to myself. But after talking with her some more and because my old one didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to, I just bought another off Amazon and started putting it together. Many finger pricks later, I’m contemplating on adding more because I have a little bit more room, but not a lot. Battle vests are probably one of the more unique ways you can show off your love for something, or multiple things.
Ok so, it's not the first time I've attended a metal concert before, but recently I've attended my first metal fest, this was my first time experiencing mosh pit(and it was absolutely great), as I usually stood on the side just enjoying the music and the band, and seing many people wearing battle vests really made me to get one as well, thus I came here for more educational purposes on howto's, and I have to say this helped a lot.
In regards to buying patches online, I get one point of view - you're collecting your experiences, it's like a badge of honor like "I've been there/seen them", this is what I do with buying shirts depicting specific tour when I attend a concert, however, I might just missed it, but I have trouble recalling many selling patches at their merch store. Also what about bands that do not perform anymore? Kinda shame if it would be shunned upon to have bands that you love, but broke up long time ago or dont make any apperances anymore.
Anyway, again, thx for the video!
BMW, Sewing a band patch on a leather vest could be a real pain in the ass
13:20 Great suggestion, I might look this one up next! Been listening to Sirens for the past few months and really loving it, though it might be weird going from the first album and straight to the last. I'm sort of finished / stuck on my battle vest and haven't touched it in a while..kinda miss sewing new patches on there. I'm mostly looking forward to putting spikes on it, but it'll have to be after I no longer need air travel to go to concerts :P
My battle vest is almost done, after nearly a decade. I will send it for sure when it's done.
But what if it gets lost or forgotten somewhere? All that effort and money down the drain, also because some patches go out of stock.
After years off putting it off I finally started make my war/ battle vest! I’m currently gorilla gluing. My patches on they are holding tremendously, but in the future, I do need to learn how to sew in case I ever want to take them off or replace them with other patches, but in the meantime, it works great
Good video dude
I'm watching this while sewing my 10th vest......
I’ve seen punks make vests, though it’s nowhere near what a battle vest is. Only a few patches, rather than covered in patches.
Awsome
I haven't worn a band "battle vest" since the 90s, but currently rock a nice blue denim jacket covered in horror patches (Zombie/Evil Dead/Fright Night/ the masks from Halloween 3 and plenty of other nice patches) - I've lost count of the amount of times I've been approached by women at my local metal pubs who are really interested in it.
It's a pretty good pulling tool.
When i started my vest, i had only a couple patches on the back. Fast forward 3 years, i have around 23 patches. Big, small, weirdly shaped. My favorites have to be my slayer, exodus, and venom patches
Ita not just metalheads, goths and punks make them too.
Cool video dude I agree I don't think should be a big issue to make sweet love to your battle jacket Heavy Metal is giving your heart to something you love and that is going to make u more powerful than cosmos combined thank you Heavy Metal because of that I had a classic heavy metal battle vest that I made and had since I was 13 I'm 27 now and I currently I working on a power metal battle vest I'm thinking about making a battle vest for Stoner Metal, Thrash Metal,Death Metal, Black Metal ( I just got into black metal a year ago) and another classic because I regret not putting Judas Priest and Black Sabbath on the last one
Am I the Only Metalhead That Puts Hot Water & Laundry Detergent In a Spray Bottle & Spray It On My Battle-Vest? I Do, My Step-Mom Complains About It Stinking.
Damn are you a part time smash player?
@@kaiserwave5977 Hell Yeah, Even My Girlfriend Says It Stinks
@@bthebutt97 😂
Ngl that's actually a good idea
I have a good tip. Use an enzymatic stain remover like SHOUT! (diluted with water).
It contains enzymes that kill that stinky bacteria from blood, vomit, bile, urine, jizz, fecal matter, stale beer...
Just started my first vest today currently have four patches sewn on and three more to add (got most from download)
I have so many stories about my battle vest (s). I will make video!
I've been to many concerts, and they are not even selling patches there, so the only option is to go their website or ebay or wherever good place thats selling patches....
My vest is about 90% done since I started it in 2017
I hit up the op shops for my denim jackets, then cut of the sleeves
My best friend used to be a youth scout/ scout group leader, so I got them to show me how to sew
Hey I’m pretty early this time, hell yeah
"You don't see rap battle vests or country battle vests".
Yes you do. They're much rarer than metal or punk vests but they do exist. And even though I don't listen to either of those genres for the most part, some of those vests look pretty cool.
I agree with you u can turn a jacket to anything u want there is no rules!
@@MBryyThat's true. I'm working on gaming jackets.
A tip if you don't want to learn how to sew. Ask your mom to help. Or if you don't want to ask her, ask another mom. It's one of those things that you learn automatically when you get a child. Trust me, I can stitch up a axwound with a rusty needle and some shoelaces. With my hands tied and a blindfold on. 👍
I have 2 battle jackets. 1 is a mix of film and music and the 2nd is music only. My main problem is trying to figure out where to put some of the patches