People wearing Kevlar in london

[Smily]

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I guess this is where liberal gun control laws get you.

Time to get rid of the butter knifes :-)

:-) Smily

[TXlaw1]

Interesting story, Smily. Thanks.
But does the kevlar lining (looks like only one layer) protect against stabbings? I don't think so. LEO bullet proof vests usually do not stop stabbings. All the chap demonstrated was slashing by a razor blade knife. I wonder how long a blade Brits can carry?

[Excaliber]

Interesting story, Smily. Thanks.
But does the kevlar lining (looks like only one layer) protect against stabbings? I don't think so. LEO bullet proof vests usually do not stop stabbings. All the chap demonstrated was slashing by a razor blade knife. I wonder how long a blade Brits can carry?

TXlaw1 is correct - a single layer of kevlar will not protect against stabbings.

British law prohibits carry of pocketknives with cutting edges over 3 inches - but that has little practical impact on behavior.

[Reserve161]

Back when I was a fencer, we wore ballistic sleeves under the fencing jacket
that would protect against a broken blade. Even though the weapons are
blunted, a broken tip reveals a sword not too much unlike what they actually
used back in the day.

I believe it was a ballistic nylon sleeve / underarm protector though, not
kevlar.