Broken Chest Protector

[Jackrabbitslims]

Working a game, shoulder pad seem on my West Vest gold came undone. I could not believe it. Has anyone else had this happen to them? Suggestions?

[Umpire in Chief]

After many years of use my WV gold lost the plastic around the strap, And I duck taped it. But, I've also seen guys with zip ties holding things on. 

[MadMax]

11 hours ago, Jackrabbitslims said:

Working a game, shoulder pad seem on my West Vest gold came undone.

Post a photo or two, and I and/or @wolfe_man and the rest of the “pit crew” will come up with a solution.

[LRZ]

Happened to me. I took an upholstery needle and heavy-duty thread, and sewed it back. Not great but satisfactory.

[Jackrabbitslims]

Here you go. I honestly think I could take it my shoe repair man he could sew it back for me. It was rather funny that my partner was telling me that he was getting hit in these specific areas and literally stuck his finger and broke the stitching. 

[Mister B]

Looks like the stiches broke, anyone with basic sewing skills should be able to put that back together. 

[LRZ]

(1) It's thick, tough material and (2) a hard to machine-sew location, as I found when I went to every local tailor and a custom shoemaker. As I said above, I needed a heavy-duty upholstery needle to penetrate the material.

[Marcus6]

Cut the other one off!  I know a number of guys have removed those side pads.  I don’t wear a Gold anymore but I did remove those when I was wearing the Gold.