Shoeing Apron

[TomE]

Made an apron for a farrier friend.  It buckles in front and has a padded back support.  The apron wraps around the front of the legs and the straps clip to dee rings on the backside.  Made from Beiler's 7 oz apron split and 9 oz Hermann Oak veg tan.  It is heavy and unwieldy to feed through a sewing machine, but it is done.

[Littlef]

Looks Good!!

[Bert03241]

Very nice 

[TomE]

3 hours ago, Littlef said:

Looks Good!!

Thank you.

2 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

Very nice 

Thanks. Learned some new things.

[DieselTech]

Looks great. Nice work. Love all your decorative handy work. Looks nice. 

[blue duck]

That is nice! Did you build a pattern or use his old ones to follow?

 

[TomE]

18 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Looks great. Nice work. Love all your decorative handy work. Looks nice. 

Thank you.  Realized that the chrome tanned split might oxidize the copper rivets and turn them green.  Not sure if brass rivets/burrs would oxidize.  I'm not set up for steel tubular rivets, and I guess appearances aren't so important for this work apron.

 

8 hours ago, blue duck said:

That is nice! Did you build a pattern or use his old ones to follow?

 

Thanks.  I used one of his old aprons to make the pattern then tweaked the belt and back piece.  He says these leather aprons last him several years, whereas the lighter nylon aprons with leather knee patches are nice in hot weather but wear out in 6 months.

 

[TomE]

He's wearing the apron higher than expected, but he has room to grow.

[Bert03241]

Very nice work

[Mulesaw]

Looks great. I especially like the padded belt. That is a nice touch!