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Anti-knife shirts keep you from getting slashed
If you're consistently worried about getting attacked with a knife, I see a couple of options for you. One, you could change your lifestyle so you weren't constantly getting attacked with knives, which would be my choice. Two, you could just get clothing that would protect you better when you were attacked with knives.
If you're a number two type of person, might I recommend these knife-proof shirts from Nihon Uni of Japan. Coming in both short and long-sleeved varieties, they'll set you back anywhere from $190 to $590. They can protect against slash attacks, but be warned, if you get a straight-up stabbing it won't do much good. It uses an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber to do its protecting, but without stab protection I'm not sure it's worth the costs. But hey, you know what kind of knife attacks you're receiving better than I.
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By Andrew at 5:32 PM ON 03/24/08
It's like the armored spandex from The Diamond Age!
By polymath at 9:27 PM ON 03/24/08
If i'm gonna slash you I'm gonna aim for the neck which this garment does not protect.
The torso part is for a straight up stab, which it will also not protect you from.
So I'm thinking FAIL!
By Fox Cruton at 3:27 AM ON 03/25/08
It does not look that protective and if you get a straight-up stabbing it definitely won't do much good.
By fromnorway at 12:33 PM ON 06/04/08
On the 24 of may 2008 I ordered a longsleeved sweater from the company in Japan. It was quite expensive. It cost about $300, include shipping to Norway. I payed via PayPal.
Their home page is http://www.nihon-uni.co.jp
or http://www.nihon-uni.co.jp/profile/index.html
I used http://translate.google.com/translate_t to translate the page, and I sent an email to info@nihon-uni.co.jp and they answered me in english.
I got an answer on email from Tetsuya Yoneda (yoneda@nihon-uni.co.jp) and he took my order.
On the 3 of june 2008 I received the cut-resistant sweater, included a few sample textiles, included a CD with information.
The sweaters arms was a bit to short for me, but it felt nice and cool(in temperature) on my body, and was light enough. I was a little bit thicker than a normal T-shirt.
I am sorry to say that I am really disappointed about the product. I tried to cut the sample textiles with a scissor, and it cut right through it. I layed the sample textile on a table and cut right trough it with an medium sharp kitchenknife(the kind one uses to cut slices of bread). It was a little bit tougher than an ordinary cloth, but not much.
I dont recommend the product at all, at least not for protection.
By the way, the picture on this page is not what the sweater looks like. It looks like a normal sweater, and you cant really see the difference between the sweater from Nihon-Uni and any other normal sweater.
S. From Norway.
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