Today I retired two good woodworking friends, my apron and my Lie Nielsen cap. The Apron will live its new life in WV as a backup apron as I could not throw away this woodworking icon. Aimee hand made this apron for me back when I was in high school. It has been with me for every woodworking project since and has served me well. Its replacement is a very nice and light Lee Valley MK-II apron. I will give a review of this apron once I put it through some projects. Some aspects of the original apron I would change would be a flap over the pockets at the bottom. Because the pockets are open they catch heaps of dust and wood chips. The apron is also doubled up material in its thickness that makes it durable but heavy, light is better. I also had to modify the original apron with cross back suspenders to take the weight off of my neck strap. As a side note these “ruler” suspenders were my grandfather L.C.’s favorite pair. I have also replaced my original Lie Nielsen cap with a new one. (Same color for all that were worried!) This was kindly given to me as a gift. Maybe someone was trying to tell me something about the old hat, sweat rings and all. Well I hope to be wearing both of these items in the next months as I set up shop again, only this time with a new view.
–Cheers 
3 comments:
Nice hat.
This story reminded me of your Herwiggies:
http://www.thecleanestline.com/2009/04/my-footprint-series-shaping-a-new-relationship-to-skiing.html
Clay, you gave Dave Coyne and I a real good laugh at the CTDVC desk during a slow October morning. We were reviewing the MAC and COR blogs. Loved the apron entry complete with details.
Dude. Wherever those ruler suspenders are they need to make a comeback. I am shocked and appalled that they were put out to pasture in the first place. Shocked and appalled.
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