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custom aprons

how many bros. have custom mm aprons

  • yes

    Votes: 13 24.1%
  • no

    Votes: 41 75.9%

  • Total voters
    54

Ashlar

Registered User
I have a handmade Master Mason apron . It is white on white . The main apron is made of duck cloth (cotton canvas) and it has an All Seeing Eye on the bib , a S & C inside of a wreath and it is trimmed out in white satin . A gift from my wife .

I also have a custom made Past Master apron .
 

LC Barbarino

Registered User
Do the Lodges usually allow the use of them? Would it be a little confusing to distinguish between officers? Great idea I would like to make one..
 

Ol Kev

Registered User
I don't have one but would like to. Unfortunately, I don't think Grand Lodge allows their use. I have seen some really old ones on eBay that had some really nice embroidery on them, along the lines of Bro. Washington's. Something made like that would not be cheap though

Washington
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Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark)
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Check out some of the custom offerings from this brother in Franklin, TN
The Craftman's Apron

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Ashlar

Registered User
I am a Ky Mason so I can not answer for Texas . Any Past Master in Ky may wear a PM apron when ever he wishes , some are simple with just the PM emblem and some are heavily adorned . As for my MM apron apron , it is white on white so it will not be confused with an officers apron BUT will stand out from the regular plain members apron .
 

bullrack33

Premium Member
While I do not have one now, I do intend on getting one to wear at special occasions like the yearly march to the Alamo.
 

mrpesas

Registered User
My wife has an embroidery machine and was thinking about making an apron. I have read through the threads about aprons, but I have not seen this specifically answered.

Would a plain white trimmed apron with no embroidering (white on white, so as not to be confused with a blue trimmed officer's apron) be "approved" for use in normal lodge?

Would a white on white apron with the S&C on the field be "approved"?
Like this:
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Are there any regulations concerning what is allowed under the bib? IE:a plain white on white apron with no embroidering anywhere visible, but a quote under the bib that is meaningful to me.
 
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Mac

Moderator
Premium Member
You can put all sorts of stuff on your apron. As long as it is masonicly appropriate.
I've had this discussion recently with a wise brother, and I don't know if, in Texas, we are indeed allowed to put much on our aprons. The law book specifies the size, and mentions a few things you can put on there.

My question is: are you only allowed to put the items mentioned in the law book on the apron?

Or can a Texas PM wear the aprons worn by Canadian and English PMs with the perpendiculars below the columns, as long as the apron is the right dimensions in size?
 

Michael Hatley

Premium Member
There are a couple of aprons that I know have some sort of agreement, dispensation, or whatever with GL. The apron for full members of the Texas Lodge of Research, and Tranquility Lodge.

I think, but cannot verify, that there is a pretty significant loophole somewhere about em. Reason I say this is that a buddy of mine is JPM of a local Houston lodge and he had one done up, and approved by GL, that looks like something appropriate for a grand lodge poobah somewhere for a true fact. I've never seen so much bling - I told him he ought to make a cape out of the thing and start fighting crime. Every time he is in a new crowd the whole room eventually crowds around to admire the thing. Tassels don't cover it.

He said he got pushback at GL over it but pointed out that there was nothing in the rules forbidding it and they had to accept it - though I take it that he navigated the rules very specifically. And hes one of those guys who has all the recent past GMs on speed dial, and thats the sort of thing that keeps grey rules going in your favor. I should see him next week and I'll see if he'll quote me the line in scripture/bylaws about it though.
 

Blake Bowden

Administrator
Staff Member
I'll have to double check my GL Bylaw's, but I'm pretty sure they're very specific on the dimensions and what can and cannot be on them. Personally I'm a huge fan of personalized Aprons, but I can see an issue with uniformity.
 

Pscyclepath

Premium Member
Articles 273 and 274 of the GLoTX constitution prescribe the types of aprons that may be worn in Texas lodges... Plain white lambskin or cloth aprons for all brothers; if the Lodge provides them, officers may wear aprons with blue edge trim with the jewel of the particular office embroidered on the bib/flap, and the square and compasses on the body of the apron. Aprons are to be "Texas-sized," e.g., 16" X 16" instead of the 14" X 16" dimensions that are common in most other jurisdictions.

Past masters do appear to have a bit more leniency in the design of past master aprons, but the rules don't appear to go into all that much detail.

Custom aprons are allowed here in Arkansas and other jurisdictions; specifications on apron size and design appears to be one of the local peculiarities in the GLoTX...
 

scialytic

Premium Member
The article reads that that is for "regulation aprons"...I have not found a reference citing a requirement for "regulation aprons" to be worn or when.

I was actually just talking with a Brother in Georgia that makes standard as well as custom aprons. (His name is Jack Faubian and here's the Brother's site.) He said that he makes aprons of all kinds for Texas Lodges. He said that (fancy custom jobs aside) he makes a blue ASE on the bib and a blue S&C on the body pretty regularly. He said that he was pretty sure they were made for common-use at the lodges.

Does anybody use slightly-customized aprons? Maybe white with an ASE, S&C, and/or B&J? Something custom, but subtly so?
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
I am a Ky Mason so I can not answer for Texas . Any Past Master in Ky may wear a PM apron when ever he wishes

One hard and fast rule here is that ONLY plain white aprons may be worn at a Masonic funeral service (except those held under the auspices of the Grand Lodge).
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
I was actually just talking with a Brother in Georgia that makes standard as well as custom aprons. (His name is Jack Faubian and here's the Brother's site.) He said that he makes aprons of all kinds for Texas Lodges.

I am a Charter Member of Point Isabel #33 and Bro. Jack made a batch of Charter Member aprons for us- did a great job. I only wear it to meetings at that Lodge and sometimes @ Grand Lodge (where the wearing of personal aprons such as TLR, T2K, DDGM, etc.) is encouraged.
 

scialytic

Premium Member
I was most impressed by him. He comes across as a truly square Brother. He actually sends the finished aprons to the customer prior to payment. Only after the customer receives the apron and accepts it does he ask for payment. This Fraternity is a beautiful thing. You won't find business men like that often. He's a 55+ year Mason. We talked about it and I pray he gets his 60. What a great Brother and a testament to our Brotherhood!
 

scialytic

Premium Member
Well I just purchased an apron from www.lodgeaprons.com. After a lot of contemplation and battling the urge to get something that was nice and embroidered (with a little mentorship from Brother Lins); I've ordered a white cloth apron with a white belt (instead of ties). I've decided to maintain the start of my journey as plain and humble. I am, however, planning on designing an apron over my first few years. That should aid in my studies and provide deeper introspection. Thanks for all the insight on this thread.
 
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