Originally Posted by
Dave Cav
To get back to the Lee Valley aprons...
I'm on my third one. I have had two of the tan ones, and am currently wearing a black one at school. Observations:
I like the tan model better because it doesn't show the dirt and sawdust as much. I still wear the last tan one at home. The side pockets on both of them are very useful and don't fill up too much with sawdust. I don't care for the covered front pockets on the black one, as I never got in the habit of using them, and it's a little difficult to dig under the top flap. My primary dislike for the black one, though, is the color. The black seems to just stay incredibly dirty with sawdust and other stuff, while it doesn't seem to show up nearly as bad on tan models. Since I'm a school shop teacher I wear the aprons quite a bit and I'm pretty hard on them. They accumulate a lot of glue and other stuff wiped on them, and I only wash them about once a year. One thing I do like about the black one is the upper pocket is divided into four sections for pencils and the like, but I use my sewing machine to subdivide each one to give me a total of eight pockets, because a shop teacher never seems to have enough pencils on him. I also do the same thing to the upper pocket on the tan ones. When I retire and work at home full time I'll probably continue to use the black one, but when I buy a replacement it'll be another tan model.
Great info. THANKS!!!!!
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