The bullet-proof Levis denim jacket

We don't think this is really what Levis had in mind when they said their denim was bullet-proof, but for as little as $880 you to can get a stock-looking Patrick Swayze Road House jacket with a level IIIA-rated bullet-proof lining, which will apparently even stop a shot from a .44 magnum. Which is good, because wearing a jacket like this is liable to get you shot.

[Via TRFJ]

[Lectoid @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Unless this jacket also has plates in it, your still going to be in a world of hurt. For example, stab yourself really hard with a pen. You didn't break through your shirt, but you still have a bruise or even a cut if you were dumb enough to do that. So imagine a bullet hitting you with just cloth protecting. People think it's all the kevlar that protects you, You have do have something also to absorb/disperse the energy.

[tehsoul @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

let's see.
pain or death...

[Trent the Thief @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hurting? Yes. A hole smashed through your spine? No. You will definitely be sore, but you won't be dead. If you're in good shape, you'll still be able to run away. If you're a couch potato, you'll probably fall down wondering if you'll ever be able to breath again. But youn most likely won't be dead from massive lead-inflicted trauma.

[umijin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hmmm... I have this jacket (w/o the bulletproofing), and as much as I enjoy a good joke - I can't quite understand why anyone would want to shoot me if I wear it.

Good thing I live in Japan where guns are illegal. :-P

[TIMMAH! @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

"It's my way, or the highway!" (sorry, but you guys brought up the Roadhouse ref...)

[Brian K @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

All you 50-cent wannabes, this is your calling....

[Saffy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I would say something about getting a bunch of these to send to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but considering the shitstorm that erupted last week in the mp3 pillow post, I'll keep my mouth shut.

--oops--

[Dustin Tarditi @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Gonna start seeing a lot of denim jackets at the music award shows now...

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

This looks like a Goodwill green tag special.

[David @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Let's face it, guys who wear denim jackets get shot at a lot. This is a product whose time has come.

[chad @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I just gotta say engadget editorial keeps me lauging - keep it up guys!

[Patrick Swayze @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I don't remember wearing a Levi's Jacket in my Road House Movie... most of the time, I just have a shirt with rolled up sleeves on while I am kicking ass at the rat bar.

-Pat

[quis @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I have a biro lodged in my chest. You'll be hearing from my lawyers...

[Patrick Swayze's Evil Nemesis @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I'm not sure the thinking behind the jacket.

If I was a sniper I'd take him down with a shot to the back of the mullet.

[wolf @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

If this company really stood behind their product they'd embroider "CRIPS AND BLOODS ARE TOTAL PUSSIES" in 4 inch tall letters on the back of the jacket.

[Baumann @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

#4 You mean you're glad you live in Japan, where only criminals get to own guns?

[007 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Awesome, now when I do my secret spy missions to Canada, my Canadian Tuxedo will be bullet proof.

[pat_swaybeef @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

"Pain don't hurt." - Patrick Swaybeef

[008 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

007 Excellent, since you will be the only one wearing it in Canada we will remember to shoot you in the crotch.

[devid @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

#4 Good thing I live where shooting people is illegal. :-P

[Red @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

LET'S HAVE A PATRICK SWAYZE CHRISTMAS
(by Crow T. Robot and Michael J. Nelson)


Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in.
We'll gather at the Roadhouse with our next of kin.
And Santa can be our regular Saturday night thing.
We'll decorate our barstools and gather round and sing.

Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas this year!
Or we'll tear your throat out and kick you in the ear!

It's my way or the highway, this Christmas at my ba-ha-haar.
I'll have to smash your kneecaps if you bastards touch my car!
I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till.
I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his will, ohh,

Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, one and all.
And this can be the haziest...
This can be the laziest...
This can be the Swayziest
Christmas of them aaallllllllll!

[The Fonz @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Heeeeeeeeeeey, Swayze!

While you're bummin it up at the square rat bar in denim, I got a couple chickadee's by the juke box who crush on leather. I'm not the dreamer, I'm the dreamee..

THE FONZ WANTS TO DANCE!

[fistpittingnork @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Denim though huh? I can't wait for the WiFi detecting members only jacket.

[andreas @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

hehe, I love how #15 tries to turn this into a Guns are Good discussion. In some countries - my own included - wearing a bullet-proof vest is *illegal*, because guess what? Criminals buy them! Regular people don't! Psychos do! Same with guns... And shall we compare deaths-by-gsw between Japan and the US? Do you WANNA open that can of worms? Sheesh!

[Will @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Go Baumann, start that flamewar!!

[umijin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Cops have guns here too, #16.

And the illegality of guns keeps their numbers very low in the criminal element.

At least I don't have to worry much about some agro idiot pulling out a gun and shooting me or his abused wife when he's high on crystal meth.

*sheesh*

[Tyler @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hey all,

...if you're in a line of work where this kind of thing comes in handy, or you have the sort of personality that tends to get you into trouble then I'd imagine that ANY sort of protection would come in handy...

and its all about concealment

[Patrick Swayze @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

do you guys remember the scene where I saw the goons coming into my rat bar and I spotted the razor on the goon's right boot? man that was a good bar fight... I always tell the guards to "bring it outside"...

I really enjoyed making that movie... Road House... my other favorite is

[Donnie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

"Bulletproof" Member's Only jacket, with cheezy swagger and fake moustache included.

[Oddmanout @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I don't really get it. Is it a denim jacket wrapped around a realatively familiar kevlar vest as some kind of er...fashion statement ? Or is it the pilot product of some new type of bullet proof lining...demonstrating the compact nature of this new material ? Because while I don't doubt this type of fashion is completely appropriate for many locations where one can expect to get shot (dive bars, pool halls and such) I doubt anyone who could afford to spend $880 on a jacket would frequent such establishments. And if someone who DID frequent such places where shootings are likely was suddenly presented with $880 to spend on preperation for a future gun battle...well I think they'd probably spend it on a GUN...

One way or the other it's just beyond me...

(And if they're gonna go this far they should integrate OnStar into the Oakly thump while they're are it so you can call 911 hands free if you're shot and your spine gets damaged by the concussion... )