Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on June 27, 2014, 11:09:31 AM
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Whoa. Check this out: http://www.compoundchem.com/
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The inventor of Kevlar died earlier this week.
Whoops, says that right in the presentation graphics...
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Were APSers aware that the weave for bullet-resistant kevlar and puncture-resistant kevlar are a) entirely different and b) offer almost no crossover protection?
Dept. of Corrections tried to go cheap and bought semi-sorta-nealy expired Level III vests for COs to use as protection against shankings. Took two near-fatalities and one lawsuit for them to "discover" the difference.
Add to that the weave for cut-resistant items (gloves, sleeves) is whole another kettle of fish. I can attest that properly-worn cut-resistant gloves will save yur fingers from a commercial electric slicer.
The easiest to construct stuff using kevlar seems to be logging chaps. Pretty much just long strands oriented vertically, designed to catch & jam the chain. Saw someone put a set of chap to the test. Messy as all get-out (strands all over the place besides jamming the chain) but worked like the charm they were supposed to be.
stay safe.
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Add to that the weave for cut-resistant items (gloves, sleeves) is whole another kettle of fish. I can attest that properly-worn cut-resistant gloves will save yur fingers from a commercial electric slicer.
Had a guy prove a good cut resistant glove by smacking me across the palm with a sharp blade hard enough to leave a bruise through the glove. Proved a cheap one to my old boss by cutting it into little pieces with a not-very-sharp pocketknife.