Carhartt Duck Apron (Carhartt Brown)

Carhartt Duck Apron (Carhartt Brown)** Unfortunately these are now out of stock until early December 2024.** I'd always been a little dubious of using an apron for the sort of jobs around the garage house that I do. I always thought they were more suited to the 'craft' side of things. That's until I had one. Turns out they are really useful for when you just pop out to do a quick job. I leave mine near the garage door and it reminds me to stick it on when I'm in there regardless. The

But here's were the confusion comes in - there's another type of cross head pattern that has widely replaced Philips

Apparently the origin of painting axe handles was to allow lumberjacks to mark their own axes whilst out in the forest

especially the stubborn ones when you are applying a "little" more force

This apron uses Carhartt standard 12oz

They are drop forged in robust SK carbon steel

To see how they compare

The Otter Wax Leather Care kit is great on its own - but if you really want to do a proper job of cleaning and polishing leather then you also need a good set of brushes

regularly used tools I have

I started to think how great it would be a have a ‘modern’ version of it - made from a heavier weight canvas and with a few tweaks to the design

(but I've got a plan for that

The great thing about all the Carhartt aprons is that they have a criss-cross fitting that ties at the back

Everything you need is supplied in the kit