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  • I do the wire splicing for 2 locally based Historic ships, nobody seems to have the know how, anyway, the strands tend to flick back and savage my wool shirts, that and getting tar over my clobber.
    Robson Valley
    Robson Valley
    I really didn't want to get pushed into wearing an apron but I took a couple of curved, crooked knife hits one day that really had a sting to them ( I got cut, right thru my shirt). Now, there's more than a dozen scrapes on the canvas where I still get hit.
    2-3 centuries ago, your sort of tradesman probably wore an apron for the same reasons that you will.
    Cheers
    Brian
    Ah that makes a lot of sense, I just did mine likewise, thanks for info
    Ceeg
    Robson Valley
    Robson Valley
    I carve with the crooked knives common to the Pacific Northwest native carvers. Almost always pull strokes so there's a chance of getting hit in the chest. That wrecks shirts and stings a little. The heavy canvas apron is a good protector, if nothing else.
    Hi, R.V. Reference Pockets on the inside of the apron , is that so as not to foul the workpiece ? Regards Ceeg
    Robson Valley
    Robson Valley
    No, the guy doing the sewing knows I'm a wood carver. He decided that pockets would only fill up with chips and shavings. Now I just brush off. Sweep up once a month or whenever the cat starts to look seriously at the chip pile. The concept has actually worked out as well as I could imagine.
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