Aprons...NOT OT...and PLEASE, Buffalo, don't bounce my thread!

RRP

Some newbies here might think this is a wimpy thread...but over the years I had ruined too many great shirts from grease spatters and "adult beverage" accidents shall we say! So I started wearing aprons and I love staying clean!

I guess I already knew the benefit of aprons since I usually wear one of 3 different leather aprons when working in my shop - where I know they will protect me!

I now have several "manly" BBQ aprons that I regularly wear and wash.

Anybody care to post a picture of your favorite(s)? 



 

Canugghead

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  June 2018

  nlovold said:

  No disrespect @RRP .  I expected to see this pic when reading the thread, as it always makes me smile.
  
  

  Thanks - now for the newbies here please let me explain.  This style apron is what my Father wore for several years when he was a "farrier" in his blacksmith shop in Iowa in the 40's and 50's.
  
  I bought this one and wear it PROUDLY in memory of my Father.

WeberWho

I wish I had some clothes nice enough to deserve some type of apron. 

Canugghead

Had to google farrier. Ron, you should be proud indeed. Respect. 

Legume

RRP

Legume said:

Cool! - not him, nor his apron, nor tattoos…but his black wedding ring! I only recently learned the significance of such black wedding bands. Now with the two of us hitting mile marker 56 in our wedding promises we sure could have “gone black” wedding rings back in 1966 if those style bands had been in vogue! 

danhoo

No selfies... 

BUFFALOMOOSE

Scottie @SGH recommendation and I love it  

jdMyers

Made this one.  Leather, image laser burned.  Pockets for everything.  Keeps clothes clean and burns to a minimum.

Ybabpmuts

Ummm ... The last time an elderly gentleman on the internet asked me for a picture of me wearing an apron and hanging out with my two eggs, things didn't go so well. I had already cut the hole out to show the two eggs and was modeling for a selfie  when the fuzzy little misses saw me. I could see by the look in her eyes right then and there, that I wasn't: gonna get a new apron for a long long time after that. She called me Toasted Eggs in passing, for over three weeks after that, and requested grilled food every night of those weeks too.

That look paled in comparison to the one my mother in law and sister in law gave me, when I showed them, on a sunny day, in the big picture window of our condo, the Lifesize XRay showing my two hip replacements. As soon as I put it up there, I realized it was the one XRay where they forgot to put the little lead shield over those same eggs. You could clearly see the dark outline of EVERYTHING. There was silence... dead silence, for far too long. 

What a family. Neither of those incidents resulted in me getting gifted a proper apron to protect me and the eggs. Looking back,  I couldn't have been more clear about my need. Heck, I modeled one, and I followed it up with large format pictures. How did they not pick up on that?

EggNorth

I have the older green BGE one.   It saved a few shirts over the years.  I especially like it when frying.   

When I was a short order cook, way, way back, the apron string when all away around and tied in the front,  not sure why they do not make them like that anymore….   But maybe it was like that back then also, just the string did not have so far to go around  :#

@RRP  congratulations on the 56 years!   That is a major accomplishment you should be proud of.

Foghorn

I have 3.  Two are cloth aprons purchased at the two locations of The Carnivore restaurant - Nairobi and Johannesburg.  One is a leather apron that was gifted by my b-i-l and his wife.  Obviously, the leather one is more protective but I got the others first and they have protected me from a lot of BBQ sauce and grease splatters over the years - and they aren't as hot in the Texas heat.

LDR

The basic ones at William-Sonoma are a decent thickness for year-round.  They seem to have many aprons available online, but we just grab one at the store when one needs replaced.

https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/personalized-adult-apron/?pkey=chomekeeping-aprons

johnmitchell

Maybe we could also include in this thread. What kind of head gear do you wear while egging?

Acn

I have a couple of Hedley & Bennett, wear the waist much more often than the full size.

Legume

I wear an older T-shirt when I’m lighting my cowboy lump with my weed burner, then change to a crop top once the sparks settle down.

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

I wear an older T-shirt when I’m lighting my cowboy lump with my weed burner, then change to a crop top once the sparks settle down.

Skin heals, shirts don't.  Nuff said.

theyolksonyou

johnmitchell

Ok I will get the ball rolling 

LDR

johnmitchell said:

Maybe we could also include in this thread. What kind of head gear do you wear while egging?

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

I wear an older T-shirt when I’m lighting my cowboy lump with my weed burner, then change to a crop top once the sparks settle down.

johnmitchell said:

Ok I will get the ball rolling 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

The Cen-Tex Smoker

^^^^^^legend

loco_engr

Ybabpmuts

johnmitchell said:

Maybe we could also include in this thread. What kind of head gear do you wear while egging?

There's no such thing as head gear. Trust me I've been through therapy more times than I can tell you about, and even if I could remember enough to tell you about it, I've been through it, and none of it is something I could tell you about. Plus, even if I remembered it enough to tell you about it, I probably wouldn't even remember if I told you about it ..  so what's the point in telling you about it in the first place? Its the very definition of circular logic. The fact that I got through it is memorable, the process itself is not important. 

SB

Ozzie_Isaac

johnmitchell said:

Maybe we could also include in this thread. What kind of head gear do you wear while egging?

TechsasJim

enjoying this thread, been looking for an apron for a while.    I was hoping King Ranch would put one out but I've never seen one from them.    I'll sit back here until I see something I like.

HeavyG

I'm pretty happy with my Hello Kitty. It replaced my 20 year old worn out Totoro.

Ozzie_Isaac

HeavyG said:

I'm pretty happy with my Hello Kitty. It replaced my 20 year old worn out Totoro.

My neighbor!  Stubio Ghibli is the best.

Gulfcoastguy

 

nolaegghead