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Andrew Wiskus

Registered User
I wasn't sure where to post this but I was wondering if I put my lambskin that I received when I was raised in a shadow box if this would be considered defilement... Thanks.

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Glen Cook

G A Cook
Site Benefactor
Well, I shouldn't think defilement would be the right word, regardless of whether thought appropriate in your jurisdiction.

Jurisdictions vary. In mine, you may well wear that apron.

Do you get an MM certificate? Why not frame that?
 

Akiles

Registered User
I'm M:.M:., and I think that in francmasonry the important thing it isn't in the material but it is in the symbol....you are here to learn, to light. And your apron is a thing that remember you a teaching...




Saludos.
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Mine is rolled up in a tube with instructions of what to do if something would happen to me.
I have been tought and believe it is my burial apron.
I would strongly recommend that you get it out of that tube and store it flat. I have seen many aprons, when finally removed from the tube for use at the Brother's funeral, that will not lay flat and crack after having been rolled up for years. Put it in the bottom of a drawer with clothes or other soft items weighting it down, and it will be serviceable when your time is up.
 

dfreybur

Premium Member
We are taught to keep it clean. Mounting behind glass will do that. It will also keep it from cracking over the years.

We are also taught that operative spots are badges of honor. Don't hesitate to wear that apron to meetings. Remember that you were taught that it is yours to wear even if the local tradition is that the next time you wear it is at your funeral.
 

Andrew Wiskus

Registered User
Thank you all. I didn't receive a certificate. The reasoning behind having my apron framed along with a trowel my lodge presented to me with my raised date is another reminder of my path and loyalty to the Lodge and my brethren. It would be hung in my room not in any public viewing such as the living room.

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Bloke

Premium Member
Our custom is different here, I wore my own mm apron to every meeting until installed in the East. I've only worn it twice since: when installed as a wm for the 2nd & 3rd times.

Our mm is of a different design than the EA and FC apron.
 

Ripcord22A

Site Benefactor
I wasn't sure where to post this but I was wondering if I put my lambskin that I received when I was raised in a shadow box if this would be considered defilement... Thanks.

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Just curious....your avatar pic appears ro be a womans hand and ring with the S&C?....
 

Andrew Wiskus

Registered User
Its all good I've been meaning to change my profile pic, it should now be a pic of me in my Scottish Rite attire. I asked a few co workers if the pic of my hand looked feminine and they gave me a similar remark, lol. No the jewelry store had to size up the ring so I'm assuming that's why the band looks so thin.

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Ripcord22A

Site Benefactor
Its all good I've been meaning to change my profile pic, it should now be a pic of me in my Scottish Rite attire. I asked a few co workers if the pic of my hand looked feminine and they gave me a similar remark, lol. No the jewelry store had to size up the ring so I'm assuming that's why the band looks so thin.

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No SR attire, just you in a suit now....
 

The Traveling Man

Registered User
Mine is rolled up in a tube with instructions of what to do if something would happen to me.

I have been tought and believe it is my burial apron.


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In my Lodge they also state, during the presentation, that it is your burial apron. But any PM in my Lodge will tell you "Wear it anytime you want."
 

Ripcord22A

Site Benefactor
I have noticed a few new brothers in my district that are wearing theirs.
Everytime i start getting dressed nice my son knows that I am going to lodge and always asks if he can come. Hes only 9 so maybe when hes old enough he will join DeMolay and eventually a lodge. I want to keep mine nice and flat so that I can present it to him upon his initiation
 
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