Shop apron what is your favorite

[roadie33]

The wife makes mine. I am 6'3" and 250lbs. Hard to find any that are big enough and comfortable to wear.
She's made me 2 so far. A light gray and black. Custom fitted and she likes to sew. Gonna get her to make one out of Real-Tree Camo next.
I tried the HF cheapy and it was too short and didn't fit right.
She uses Duck Fabric. It's a canvas material. Uses double layer then sews a quilted liner in between. She puts in plenty of pockets and it reaches just below my knees.
Very tough and works good for welding also.

 

[Reeltor]

A lot of the aprons look nice and well made. Maybe too good; have to agree with Morgan Redhawk about replacing the ties with something that will pull off if a machine grabs it.
Velcro may not pull off quickly enough; in the past I used some light weight snaps. I recently bought a apron but haven't worn it yet because I can't decide how to modify the strings.

 

[wawoodman]

Plain old cheap denim. When they get too crusty from wood glue, into the trash.

I've got a really nice, heavy leather/suede, but it's too good to wear!

 

[KevinL]

I have been using Red Knap TD 20 for about 6 months now. I have three of them -two for work, and one for the home shop. Swinging pocket on top for your mic. There is also room for a Starrett card, scribe, and a sharpie. It also couple larger pockets that your caliper case can slide into as well as room for some allen wrenches, tape measure, ect. They have been holding up well.

 

[savarin]

leather for welding else no apron

 

[wildo]

Swinging pocket on top for your mic.

I didn't know what a swinging pocket was so I looked it up. My first reaction was "why would you want that?" Can you explain the benefit of a swinging pocket?

Also- I know this is an old thread, but one thing I didn't see mentioned is that the Duluth apron has no strings to tie. Rather, there's some spring clips at the end of the crisscross back suspenders.

 

[KevinL]

I didn't know what a swinging pocket was so I looked it up. My first reaction was "why would you want that?" Can you explain the benefit of a swinging pocket?

With a "swinging pocket", you can bend over and the bottom of the pocket swings out away from your chest. With an attached pocket your mic stands a very good chance of bouncing off the floor. Have you ever had pens, scribes, peanut butter spreader (6" rule) fall out of your top pocket that is attached? That top pocket if for your mic.

 

[Groundhog]

My cousin has made "party" aprons forever. It is her livelihood and she is very successful with the business. She makes each one by hand (well using a machine) and by herself.
I was unhappy with any aprons I could find so I designed one myself and had her make it out of heavy denim (she used a stain resistant denim). A few of the things I wanted were;
1) more coverage at the neck
2) more coverage at the sides
3) ties long enough to come around to the front to be tied
4) just a few pockets
5) added length
This is the sketch I sent her that she reproduced exactly.

2 things I want to change from that design are; the pocket is too deep - my 6" rule slips and gets lost in there, and the wider neck coverage tends to puff out making a nice place for chips to get thrown. The pocket is easy to cure but I am still trying to think of a way to cure the pouching neck. (any ideas??)
Her Amazon website is https://www.amazon.com/handmade/BRENDABLESAPRONS - don't be put off by the frilly stuff - she makes dynamite men's aprons too.
But if you want a custom apron (or want to use my design) message me and I will get you in touch with her.

PS. I tried to make the picture bigger, but don't seem to be able to. The green is the HF apron I started with - the red is what I had made. I'll try to take a picture & figure how to resize the image later.

 

[frugalguido]

I really like this apron;
http://www.parktool.com/product/heavy-duty-shop-apron-sa-3

It has straps that cross on your back and has a quick release. Also has the swing top pockets.

 

[Silverbullet]

I've used aprons but always changed the strings to wider straps and criss crossed them in back to tie . No dangle to fangle . I prefer the lab coat style with snaps four pockets and one inside. Just me I guess .