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modirt 
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Posted: 10 May 2021 at 4:44pm |
Does anyone make a DURABLE blue denim bib overall? Or blue denim with double front like my unlined Carhart double fronts?
Have been wearing Key's, but they are wearing out in the knee way before the rest of bib is done.
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klinemar
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Posted: 10 May 2021 at 8:42pm |
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They are expensive but Duluth Trading has bib overalls unlined with double knees.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 1:11am |
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i don't wear them gonad pinching things....but love it when gals do!
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allisrutledge
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 7:55am |
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Pointer bibs,now L.C.King, in Bristol TN will custom fit for bibs and were still using good denim but I'm not sure now. Look up L.C.king on the innerweb. Since carhart went to a poorer quality material I been wearing keys
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 4:01pm |
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I’ve always worn Round House since they’re made right here in Oklahoma. They’ve been good for me.
Shameless... if you got that problem, you needs some bigger bibs!
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 4:16pm |
Shameless... if you got that problem, you needs some bigger bibs!
or something UNDERNEITH to hold the BOYS in position ! 
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 4:32pm |
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brings to mind the definition of a 'real swinger' ... the guy that wears bib overalls without underwear..
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 10:23pm |
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i have wore carhart brown duck unlined bibs for 40 yrs now they they have changed them and they feel alot lighter and every thing falls out of the pockets now so i have been looking for a differant brand
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 8:18am |
Have a couple pair on the way from Round House. Last two pair of Key's.....one made in Mexico, the other in China.
Carharts have also changed......and they make so many options, hard to know which is what.
Other brands that I used to remember were Big Smith, Liberty and Osh Kosh. Either gone or quality seems to be gone. Also seems that many of those were all made in a small local region of SW MO, SE Kansas and OK. Must have been a Midwest thing.
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 1:42pm |
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Have a pair of Liberty overalls I wear pretty often . Got them at TSC . My biggest complaint is the shoulder straps fall off when I'm working . If I tighten them up I have the same problem Shameless has . My old Carhartt overalls have elastic straps .
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 7:46pm |
I can NOT imagine what it would be like using a Porta Pot (sit down use) with bibs on 
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CaseyCreek
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 8:06pm |
Popular Mechanics did a review of overalls last year. They also list the weight of the denim on each brand and which are made in the USA. I did not know Carhartt had cut the quality of their overalls; thanks for the information on that.
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 8:34pm |
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With summer here, the joys of FR coveralls.
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 10:22pm |
 ACinSC wrote:
Have a pair of Liberty overalls I wear pretty often . Got them at TSC . My biggest complaint is the shoulder straps fall off when I'm working . If I tighten them up I have the same problem Shameless has . My old Carhartt overalls have elastic straps . |
I have the same problem with the shoulder straps ...I guess my shoulder is no square enough! I wear keys mostly and yes the knees and front of the legs wear out too fast! And it is funny to see how this subject went south real fast! Girls in bibs!!  I need to see about finding some Round House overalls. I don't think I have ever seen them.
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Posted: 13 May 2021 at 10:32pm |
FREEDGUY wrote:
I can NOT imagine what it would be like using a Porta Pot (sit down use) with bibs on |
Well it can be done! You make sure to keep track of the straps!
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It is great being a disciple of Jesus! 1950 WD, 1957 D17...retired in Iowa,
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Posted: 14 May 2021 at 2:15am |
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Posted: 14 May 2021 at 3:08am |
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AllisChalmer Guy...i'm gonna be a good little farmer here and let you thunk about them gals in bibbers...i ain't gonna tells you cuz then i'd prolly be in yer next sermon and prolly not a good thang! i just pray that GOD isn't to picky!
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Posted: 14 May 2021 at 8:59am |
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that cell phone pocket on the carharts is the only one thats deep enought to clip a pen pencil or other small itams , but have you ever tryed to clip a pen on a zipper?
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Posted: 14 May 2021 at 9:58am |
Aside from being comfortable to wear, one of the benefits of bibs is all those handy pockets on your chest. My smart phone fits perfect. Not so with straight blue jeans, and hate to have that hanging on my belt.
BTW, just looked and the Keys have a pencil pocket, watch pocket, two deep front pockets, one open top with snap closure and one flap top with snap closure. The hickory stripe is a heavier fabric than the blue denim. But in both cases, all they would need to do is add double fronts on the high wear spots on the knees.
If one were handy with sewing, you could probably do that yourself, but would be far easier to do at the factory. There they can add the double fronts before they close up the leg seams.
If the Round House bibs look good, I will probably contact them and ask if they will make that an option.
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Posted: 14 May 2021 at 5:57pm |
allischalmerguy wrote:
FREEDGUY wrote:
I can NOT imagine what it would be like using a Porta Pot (sit down use) with bibs on |
Well it can be done! You make sure to keep track of the straps! |
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Posted: 14 May 2021 at 9:09pm |
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I wear Bib Overalls in winter and no problem with the straps. Did hear my Uncle tell of a feller up North Deer hunting and had been drinking and went to the outhouse and when he came back,well you can imagine what was on his straps!
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Posted: 15 May 2021 at 2:59am |
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them bibbers is only better than coverals when ya fart, it lets them out before getting up to yer neck!
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modirt
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Posted: 15 May 2021 at 6:27am |
Round House bibs arrived yesterday. Brown duck has double fronts and look sturdy. Hickory stripe looks sturdy. Blue denim fabric looks to be about the same as the Keys. Pretty thin. Perhaps thin is the industry standard these days?
Jury is still out on the chest pocket layout too.
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Posted: 15 May 2021 at 12:00pm |
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I've got some Lo-Bak Pointers that the left knee wore through; I 'm going to have my seamstress try to make them into shorts! (With the promise that I will not leave the property with them on!) My dad would always say, "About the time they (JC Penney "Big Macs") get comfortable, they're worn out!" R. Musgrave
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Posted: 15 May 2021 at 1:44pm |
I wear keys EVERY day like the carhartt bibs alot as well duluth are good as well but the straps are elastic and dont hold worth acrap unless you but big saftey pins in them and they only have 1big pocket up front the fronts on the keys dont seem to wear out on me but I do buy the dark blue ones the pre broke in ones dont last near as long
and to the porta pot thing it doesnt matter what lou you use, you know ifn a wearin bibs you gotta tuck the straps as well as the front but its easy once you get used to it
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Posted: 15 May 2021 at 6:30pm |
In all seriousness, WHY would any "Englishman" wear "bibs" ?? Just asking 
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Posted: 15 May 2021 at 8:24pm |
dustinmo wrote:
I wear keys EVERY day like the carhartt bibs alot as well duluth are good as well but the straps are elastic and dont hold worth acrap unless you but big saftey pins in them and they only have 1big pocket up front the fronts on the keys dont seem to wear out on me but I do buy the dark blue ones the pre broke in ones dont last near as long
and to the porta pot thing it doesnt matter what lou you use, you know ifn a wearin bibs you gotta tuck the straps as well as the front but its easy once you get used to it
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