https://www.carhartt.com/products/carhartt-men-button-down-plaids/Snap-Front-Twill-Work-Shirt-S209
i've had it in my head now that this is the best shirt ever for welding and work in general. i'm a pipe-fitter/welder/plumber/structural/ worker guy, and i would buy 5 of these per year and they held up great, for a whole year!!! and at the 35$ or whatever i was paying for them, i was a happy guy.
my year is up on my last five, and i had been casing the closest boot-barn waiting for new stock, so i jumped online and bam! in the link above, in the q/a section, carhartt themselves saying the style has been discontinued. . . . . . I AM SO DISTRAUGHT!
I seriously wrecked a bike on pavement doing close to 30mph (verified by the speed-trap flashing at me shortly before i broke a shift lever and lost it) in one of these and it didn't rip. i took my shirt off and my skin fell out of it, but the shirt didn't rip at all.
that is the standard i measure shirts to. what else is out there that has the same durability? any ideas? just today i bought a lapco fr rated (SCAM! fr rating does nothing for sparks!) shirt from the weld supply. . . . .for 55$ to try out. is that my only option?
in the past i have tried the wrangler snap shirts-i dont like them. they aren't hemmed at the bottom and i had my. . . . .bottom burned bad enough that i had to buy a new wallet. not a pretty picture having me "shaking it" at another welder while he slaps my arse with a welding glove. PUTITOUTPUTITOUTPUTITOUT! oh the memories. . . . .no wranglers.
please help me guys. i just want some shirts that are willing to go to work with me without breaking the piggy bank
i've had it in my head now that this is the best shirt ever for welding and work in general. i'm a pipe-fitter/welder/plumber/structural/ worker guy, and i would buy 5 of these per year and they held up great, for a whole year!!! and at the 35$ or whatever i was paying for them, i was a happy guy.
my year is up on my last five, and i had been casing the closest boot-barn waiting for new stock, so i jumped online and bam! in the link above, in the q/a section, carhartt themselves saying the style has been discontinued. . . . . . I AM SO DISTRAUGHT!
I seriously wrecked a bike on pavement doing close to 30mph (verified by the speed-trap flashing at me shortly before i broke a shift lever and lost it) in one of these and it didn't rip. i took my shirt off and my skin fell out of it, but the shirt didn't rip at all.
that is the standard i measure shirts to. what else is out there that has the same durability? any ideas? just today i bought a lapco fr rated (SCAM! fr rating does nothing for sparks!) shirt from the weld supply. . . . .for 55$ to try out. is that my only option?
in the past i have tried the wrangler snap shirts-i dont like them. they aren't hemmed at the bottom and i had my. . . . .bottom burned bad enough that i had to buy a new wallet. not a pretty picture having me "shaking it" at another welder while he slaps my arse with a welding glove. PUTITOUTPUTITOUTPUTITOUT! oh the memories. . . . .no wranglers.
please help me guys. i just want some shirts that are willing to go to work with me without breaking the piggy bank