Thick leather was once the de facto uniform of the working man (and woman), everyone from blacksmiths to butchers would wear them from dawn to dusk and they were prized for their blade and flame retardant qualities.
The apron you see here is made by hand in Belgium by Niyona from a single sheet of high grade cowhide. The fixings are all brass to ward off corrosion and each is made to order, with special requests and modifications possible.
Articles that Ben Branch has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
