I wear long sleeves around my forge to keep the heat off my arms, especially when I have it cranked up like the time I was trying to forge wrought iron. Getting the forge over 2000 degrees will put some heat out the front of it and it can get a little uncomfortable on bare skin.
In the cold shop I wear whatever I happen to be wearing short or long sleeved but the cuffs are buttoned up tight on long sleeved shirts. No cuffs hanging open to get caught between the belt and the drive wheel.
Doug
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