Toughest material known to man?

Never mind Kevlar and such, why don't they just make m/c gear, bullet-proof
vests etc out of the plastic used to vacuum pack bacon?

I'd promised myself a nice BLT but by the time I'd got into the pack (having
lost the scissors) I was knackered; shirley this has got to be the toughest
material known to man!

Actually this reminds me of a SF short-story about a material entirely made
of holes; on the basis that they put holes into aircraft parts to make them
stronger, oh and perforated paper never tears along the perforations - QED
the holes must be stronger. Anyway the material in the story was virtually
indestructible.

Anyway, we *all know* that the most indestructible material is the cack that
grows between an alloy engine case/caliper and a steel bolt, which is
somehow harder than either the alloy or the bolt.

 

Heh, when Intel send me "Secret" yellow cover documents they alway come in
an envelope that looks like paper, but is in fact tougher than any material
I've seen.
Looking at it closely its got a weave, as though its got glass fibre in it.
Hours of endless fun giving it to a graduate to tear up.....

 

Exactamundo..... http://www.tyvek.com/whatistyvek.htm

 

Ever tried ripping a weekly train tcket to make roaches? Now that's
indestuctible material ... apart from the magnetic strip which is fucked
within seconds.

 

Heh. What gets me is that they put a handy little tab in the corner
too, to lull the unsuspecting victim into a false sense of security.