Paging the kevlardenimisti: Some info...

This looks like a rather comprehensive kevlar FAQ
http://www.ixion.org.uk/faq/kevlar.html

And this looks like an alternative approach
http://www.ibmwr.org/prodreview/kev_jean.html

For the Spanish summer I *do* need something between bare jeans anb my
non-removable Thinsulate leather pants...

 

I have also corresponded with Mark Hodson on a number of occasions.

The prophecy in the penultimate paragraph of Hoddy's opening statement
has recently been filled by both the Halvarssons Safety suit and the
Scott Leathers "New Road" and "Road Airflow" jackets. And not a gram of
Kevlar in either of them. Dr Woods still rides in the late 1990s
vintage Kevlar suit (Macbean Tritector) to which Hoddy refers, and
which is the progenitor of the Halvarssons Safety suit.

 

What a poor website Scott has - and it doesn't mention either of the
jackets you've named.

What is the point of coming up with a new, potentially advanced,
product if you then don't tell anyone about it?

 

For optimum coverage, they'd have to engage the services of /the/
pre-eminent expert in the field - and he's busy elsewhere, it
appears;-)

 

I believe Scott's entire production capacity for the two jackets is
currently taken up by police contracts, but that won't always be the
case so I'll fire your comments off to their MD.

 

Busy? Yes - very. Trying to get horse riders' body protectors from six
different manufacturers through the approval process! Amongst other
projects. :X

I believe I've previously explained that I helped with the development
and certification of the Scott garments, not only the Halvarssons
product. I have also mentioned BKS' development of a textile jacket.
None of these companies (or those in any other PPE product sector) pay
me to promote their products - in fact there are obvious professional
reasons why I could never accept such a commission - but that doesn't
stop me giving them a well-deserved mention for a job well done.

 

Damn. Holed.

Anybody sell me a Kevlar keepnet with a guarantee?

 

Some new miracle fibre?

And why is the Halvarssons priced where it is? Surely it can't be that
difficult to kill and skin a Kev.

Tom

 

Surprisingly, no. It's the weave that does the work.

You've obviously never tried to catch one! It is claimed their skin has
five times the tensile strength of steel and can break through any
man-made trap. And if you do catch one, skinning them is a long,
laborious process because of the need to constantly resharpen the
knife/scissors. By comparison, the other types of "Kev" which frequesnt
yourhome county are much simpler to catch and skin - or so I am told.


Back to serious mode. Take a look at pages 18 and 19 of the latest
issue of RiDE. A Rukka suit priced at £649 for the jacket and £399
for the trousers (that's £150 more in total than the Halvarssons
suit). CE-approved impact padding fitted, but the garments themselves
are conventional textile and not approved to EN 13595 (which the safety
suit is).

I don't dispute the build quality for which Rukka has earned its
reputation, but against the price tickets for the Scott and Halvarssons
products, I think the question has to be asked "why is the Rukka priced
where it is?" (and the same applies to many other, premium-priced
"caveat emptor" textile garments).

 

Paul Varnsverry wrote

I hate you, you know that don't you? For some reason I cannot bring
myself to call you a spamming ****, although by rights I should.

 

I hadn't given it any thought whatsoever, to be honest; but I think you
should speak your mind freely, because if you don't, like constipation
it will only make you ill.

 

Interesting... so it's what, nylon in a 'Not-Cordura' sort of
configuration?

All the best,
Tom

 

Polyester in a terry-knit configuration, backed with a high-tencity
polyestermesh. The knit provides the cut and abrasion resistance; the
mesh provides the burst resistance. Read all about it in "Textiles for
protection" (Woodhead Publishing in Textiles; ISBN-13:
978-1-85573-921-5).

 

It seems to have a slightly different isbn number:

ISBN 1 85573 921 6

A bit pricey for my curiosity. I'll see if the library will get it for
me.

Polyester... that's great. Maybe they can recycle all those '70s
'Leisure Suits' ;o)

All the best,
Tom