My Utilikilt Workman has been subjected to all the abuse that construction sites can give it, plus the yard work, and other endeavours that tax most fabrics. Washed and hung along a pipe with weighted pleat clips. Still solid as a rock. After drying I have fastened the snaps, and it can stand up on its own. The hammer loop handles my long Eastwing framing hammer without complaint. Pockets have withstood all kinds of stuff in them. Still no sign of wear. I will beat it into submission at some time, but like how it takes my abuse each day. BTW, if you should get hit with some nice wet mortar, and it dries, just break it up with a sledge, it will come off the kilt. Remove the kilt first and lay it out on a hard surface, before swinging the sledgehammer!
Slainte