I am an avid patch collector and as of 11-19-08 I have 19,509 U.S. patches. I am always adding and I have spent the past several months and God knows how many hours scanning, resizing, etc each patch for better viewing on my website. I have also broken down many patches into 44 different categories so you can view what's out there if you don't have it, by category. You will notice several patches fit into multiple catagories. I did not make every category I could have but I think I got the major ones and then some. I have tried to divide the patches into County related and City patches. There is no doubt in my mind I have patches that will be recognized as not belonging to a particular state or category or patches I missed that go into a category. Please don't hesitate to help me correct any and all mistakes you see so I can have the most accurate collection and website possible. This page and others that follow are not fancy but my aim was to make patches available for viewing only and I believe I have accomplished that. My email address is: 

bengandloril@cox.net

Some patches look identical but either have a subtle difference, such as a different run or different size.

I have a lot of patches I would like to trade, for patches I don't have. I concentrate on the states of ARIZONA, ILLINOIS, COLORADO, MINNESOTA, AND IOWA. I also concentrate on STATE SHAPED, MIRRORED SETS AND K-9 PATCHES. As you can see I collect others but as they come.  I am willing to trade for any patch I don't have whether in a category I collect or not. I prefer U.S. patches only though.

One more thing I am trying to accomplish is at least one shoulder patch from each of the County Sheriff Departments in the United States. I realize it is impossible to get one from every county but it's fun trying and at least it's a finite number. So if you have a county sheriff shoulder patch to trade and I don't have it I would like it. I don't care if it is a current or old style or a new or used one. I just don't want a patch not suitable for display.

As far as my TRADE LIST is concerned I believe this to be one of the nicer ones out there. Go to the bottom of my web page for my trade list link.  I do not trade anythng from my collection, just my trade list but I have over 300 different traders as of 9-26-08. I have put a lot of work into it. The cool thing about my list is you not only get to see the name of the patch, you get to view a picture of it. If it is not a regular shoulder patch I will specify that it's not. I will also do my best to identfy whether its new or used and the state it's from if it does not say. I will take the picture of the patch off the page if it gets spoken for. Because I am making it very simple to see what patch you are getting I do have the following requirements. Either I get to see a scan(s) of the patch(es) I am getting to seal the deal or whatever we agree to trade my patches go out as soon as I get yours in the mail. The only exception to this rule is if we already have a trading history.

My address for trades is

Ben Roberson
P.O. Box 52562
Mesa, AZ. 85208

I also feature an UNKNOWN PATCH link. Please take a look at it and see if you recognize the origin of the patches in the pictures. If you do please let me know at my email address

bengandloril@cox.net

Please give me objective feedback good or bad.

Thanks for looking and above all...
STAY SAFE