I’m a welder of 30 years I’ve been through every button up shirt in this country I believe & nowadays it’s hard to find a great shirt for welders. The one thing I miss mostly is you can’t get them in a neck & sleeve size (ex. 17 1/2 x 35) anymore. I really wish someone would do that. Besides that the western welder shirt is a pretty good shirt so far. I mostly weld with stick rods so we will see exactly how they hold up. The stitching is very good. I really love the snap buttons (hopefully they won’t wear out in 3 months or pop off) especially they put 3 buttons on the cuffs. I think the pockets are just a lil big but that’s ok. I like that you can fit a pen, sharpie & a soapstone in the left pocket . Also I love they put a snap button at the neck instead of the other kind. I bought 3 shirts 2 of them came with the big bronze buttons but the black one came with pearl snaps. I think they should have an option to get the bronze buttons on any shirt visa versa. Seems like a great product we will find out one rod at at time