Agreed. I wear chaps even when I'm cutting at waist height on a
sawbuck, just to keep the chips out of my steel toed boots. In the
woods they have protected my shins mainly from thorns, the splinters on
the stump and cut-off branches that snapped free.

jw

Chaps *are* good protection - however, everytime I put them on, I get
the urge to wear my cowboy had and "rassle a few 'em steers". ;-)
Ken.