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Anyone who read or watched The Lord of the Rings might have found themselves envious of Frodo’s Mithril shirt that successfully protected him from a stab wound, might be excited to know they could be able to snag the real life version. Yet another example of science catching up with fantasy, the company Nihon Uni has created a shirt that will protect against stab wounds.
Due to an uprise in stabbings of late night store clerks and even children, they needed a lightweight way to offer a bit more security in your day to day routine. It’s made from a thicker fiber that is three times stronger than the cotton used for an average T-shirt.
It is made from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber, which is equal to the aramid fiber which is used in body armor. Conveniently the shirt is still machine washable. It will be released in Japan in June in both a T-shirt and long sleeve form. The long sleeve will be sold for $220-590 and the short-sleeved version for $190-522. Which means the average child or store clerk won’t be able to snag themselves one anytime soon.
Edit: Please not that the shirt is slash-proof not stab-proof as originally stated.
[via gearfuse]
6 Responses to “Nihon Uni releases a stab-proof T-shirt”
Dave March 25, 2008
Does anyone else find it funny that this is featured on SLASHgear?
:)
+3noone March 25, 2008
This is slash proof NOT stab proof….big difference!
NeutralFacebook User March 26, 2008
no video?
+2From Norway June 4, 2008
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, with a CD with information.
The sweaters arms was a bit to short for me, but it felt nice and cool 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
skarp 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.
S. From Norway.
NeutralFrom Norway June 4, 2008
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 an any other normal sweater.
NeutralAbdo September 7, 2008
We need a video. I want to see it in action.
Neutral