hey guys uh before this tool tip starts i just wanted to tell you that this tool tip
is solely in existence because of you guys the fans uh in the comments of the one day build that
generated this tool tip uh many of you said oh i would totally buy one of those and that's where
we got the idea to start manufacturing so here we go hey everybody adam savage here in my cave with
a tool tip this one is uh falls into the category of shameless self-promotion but it is something
i wanted you to know about because this tool tip started as a one-day build and now it is a thing
uh a few months ago i did a one-day build of this apron um i've been wearing shop aprons on and off
for much of the 30 years i've been making on and off sometimes i wear it for projects sometimes
i don't uh sometimes it depends upon the project sometimes it depends on how hot or cold it is but
i had a certain apron type that i liked and i had purchased a couple that were sort of like it and
they just didn't work for me and i ended up using my new sailrite sewing machine to make this out of
some wax canvas i had and some leather and it's a split leg like a farrier's um uh a work apron
but i like the split leg i i learned about the early ben davis split leg aprons from my friend
dave fogler when i first worked at industrial light magic uh and i built this and i wore it for
several weeks uh and then i was talking to marcos at mafia bags the manufacturers of
my edc one two and three bags and all of the products that we make at adamsavage.com
and marco said we could make that apron and reader we made that apron yeah this is now a product
and it is uh for sale for 95 bucks on uh on my website on adamsavage.com
um i am really really proud of this thing i'm proud of the work that we did i'm also proud of
the price point we had i really it was really important to me to make this as affordable as
we could and taking a smaller margin on it just to keep it below that hundred dollar price point but
there is something about making a thing that other people use
that is so intoxicating it started with the bags it started with the edc one
and i started seeing people use them in the wild and i was like man that is so cool to
make a thing that gets integrated into somebody's work process or or daily life
uh and this feels like the culmination we've been we've been making products on adam savage.com for
three years now we have something like over 25 separate products i didn't even realize we had
spread so wide but um this is the first tool well i mean we sell the tape measure but this
is the first handmade tool that we sell and i want to walk you through its features um
first of all it has uh these i think 65 inch straps that start here at the shoulders
cross at the back and then meet back here on a pair of clips a quick release clips
this makes this uh very very adjustable this makes it very adjustable for people of a
smaller stature two people of a larger stature that's not to say that we don't have plans to
make different sizes to fit some of the people who are very tall or very small we we don't want to
exclude anybody from the ability to wear an apron but its current configuration allows for a fairly
wide range of adjustability i also prefer in aprons the cross back design as opposed to a
neck loop i find it's more comfortable over time and i really like as i you know maybe the apron
gets weighed down on a project because i put lots of things in the pockets it doesn't end up
stressing my neck also the piece of leather that we use there it sort of holds the uh it sort of
holds the straps in their orientation so when i take this off actually i'm going to undo that
it's hard to do one of these suits alone so i'm going to undo the leg
straps and i'll show you how i take this apron off i uh i undo these
and then i slip my hands down and through and then i pull it off my head and then tomorrow
morning when i go to put this back on i simply pick it up grab the straps from the inside
throw it on and it's already sized for me um i really really have been digging this feature
i don't know what alexa has to say but it's not that important um i like the split leg design
again farriers i think horseshoe aprons have this but frankly i find this to be a more efficient way
to uh to move in an apron and also i can take a leak without taking it off which is important
to me might not be important to you but it's a feature that i put in um i didn't put too many
pockets i mean sure i have a lot of pockets i've got this main chest pocket um each of the five
containers is about the same size it'll hold a uh it'll hold a sharpie just great it'll also hold a
pencil pencil without the pencil falling out um i keep my punch and my scribe in here because i use
them almost constantly and you should never be too far from a tongue depressor just in case uh
then moving down we have these two pockets which oh look i've got some pens and stuff
in there um we have these two pockets which i like for kind of interim put stuff that
i'm going to need in a second they're nice and fast and they've got a divider in the middle
and then i've got these two leg pockets on the production samples the hammer loops will be
slightly farther farther out so that they don't interrupt the pocket that's that was bad design
of mine on my original that marcos matched in this prototype that's what this is i'm wearing
the prototype not the first production sample and so there were some minor changes made to this one
that will be extant in the run when they start to ship we have already sold a whole bunch uh
and then the legs are actually kept on by uh another set of little straps right here
and these are also adjustable these also allow for some adjustment uh and you know yeah it's
nice and loose i'm gonna just tighten it up just a little bit yeah i like to feel it uh
and then it's got a hammer loop on both sides i i frequently when i'm working on a project
i frequently need a little swacker and this one right here this is one of my favorite thwackers
we did a a tool tip about this one we'll include a link in the comments below but uh never being
too far from me when i'm working at the machine tools where i often need a little bit of help like
it's perfect to have it right on me um you've got these wide belts so you can put some flash
if you want if you want it's not required flash is not required but it is recommended but it's not
required it's not required at all um i'm trying to think of what other features there might be um
no it's durable eight ounce canvas with a oil with oiled leather it is really beautiful it's these
are made here in california local manufacturing local design my favorite subjects in the world um
mafia bags has outdone themselves with this piece uh i am super proud to be offering
it at adamsavage.com again i'm sorry for the shameless self-promotion but i wanted you to know
that i've made a thing to wear in the shop and i'm i'm super chuffed about it and i hope
you will be too if you uh end up ordering one and if you do and you be oh that's the other
thing is i've made it out of these materials the leather and the canvas because of how they wear
i think of designing stuff not just in terms of how it looks
sorry when i think about designing things that we use i think about not just what they look
like when you buy them but what they look like 10 years after you've bought them and you've
been using them the whole time and it's really important to me that the the things that i make
help tell that story yeah that is and so this is built out of these durable materials that will age
gorgeously because that's a narrative that means something to me uh and my like i have some really
old aprons in in my in my collection uh that i wore like 25 years ago and while you know
they have enough crap on them and cake stuff that they're no longer quite wearable that the witness
marks that they have to their history is really important to me and we have built this thing to
tell the same kind of stories thank you guys for joining me for this very self-serving tool tip i i
appreciate your forbearance and i will see you next time if you do get one of these i'd love
to see a picture of you in your shop that would be awesome all right thanks guys peace stay safe