Mind you, this isn't the first time we've seen garb constructed to
withstand vicious knife fights, and apparently a few Japanese streets are becoming just as frightening as
some in London. Reportedly created to provide protection against stabbers following an "increasing number of malicious crimes that have victimized children and late-night convenience store clerks," Nihon Uni has developed a t-shirt crafted from "ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber." Aside from rendering blades useless, the material is also completely machine washable and lightweight; still, the fabric
can be penetrated by "sharp points," so it's up to you to steer clear of rooftop archers. Nevertheless, long-sleeved versions can be had this June for ¥22,000 ($221) to ¥59,000 ($593), while the way less protective short-sleeved variety will run you between ¥19,000 ($191) and ¥52,000 ($522).
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posted Mar 25th 2008 3:46PM
"Good. The slow blade penetrates the shield. But.. look down. We'd have joined each other in death."
And let the OT comments begin.
Is she real? She looks... waxy.
Does it protect from nipple tweaking? How about ass grabbing?
Gropious Comicus.
WARNING: Extensive use of this material may cause your right breast to sag.
WARNING: Extensive use of this material may cause your right breast to sag.
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Engadget "mistakenly" used a photo from the new Got Milk? ad.
Am I the only one that finds it ironic that this is via Slashgear?
she's smiling because the material stimulates her nipples
If you strain your eyes hard enough, you can almost trick yourself into thinking it's almost see through.
trick?
Yeah, really, does the girl come with it?
boobies
@ clak
No, you would probably come first.
Joanna fire.
Slash-proof, but apparently not nipple-proof! ;o)
I want one for my gang fights.
our gangs duel it out with knives .. like in the hit musical, "west side story"
so you kill by finger snapping.
do your gang fights involve the Hot Cops per chance?
dune rules.
Sting says:
"i WILL kill him!"
Would be nice to see the face of the stabber if his blade doesn't penetrate, unless he's an engadget reader and stabs you in the face.
Or the neck... where's the turtleneck?
Steve Jobs has the turtleneck!
such an obvious joke..:S
I want to see the face of a stabber who uses a knife without a sharp point. Isn't a sharp point a requirement to stab something?
In fact, I think I invented this shirt 20 years ago. It was made out of cotton. It prevent against being stabbed by rubber knives and switchblade combs.
So, THAT'S what happens when you outlaw guns. Criminals use knives instead.
So now instead of a quick, painless death, you get to bleed out...Awesome!
that's the best arguement for guns I've ever heard.
i personally prefer death by beating of a blunt object.
Knife battles are much more bad ass than gun
I'm kinda waiting for big ass swords to come back into fashion...
Ass swords!?
who invited the NRA?
"Big ass" should be hyphenated. Otherwise you're talking about a large sword of the ass kind, as John pointed out.
http://xkcd.com/37/
Iscum: knife battles are definitly not as cool. its two people dancing around each other taking wild swipes while trying to avoid the other. compared to the sound of 2 guns firing, it would just be lame.
so it can still be penetrated by sharp points....so it can withstand a slash... but not a stab?
50% effectiveness FTW!
Works well if someone tries to stab you with a sledgehammer...
"Works well if someone tries to stab you with a sledgehammer..."
yeah, until you die of internal bleeding... :(
Does it come with the blonde?
That's why there's such a big price range...
No, but it comes with a free set of boobs you can hang under your own shirt.
Perfect! thanks guys :)
@patsy
Multiple sizes so that you can look as lopsided as her?
@Brent: Ah I hope so!!!
@Brent
She's standing with one shoulder hunched down. I'm pretty sure if she stood straight up, it wouldn't look like her one boob was sagging at all.
dude... Owen Wilson got a b00b job!
Personally, he should have gone for the nose-job first.
Why not just sport a hauberk? It may not be new tech but it sure proved effective back in the day.
Dude! This thing is made of Methril! (if you know what i mean)
@Mehul
Frodo will be so proud...
Forget the shirt, I want the girl. :-)
Then do what I do: Go outside.
;)
outside? what is this thing you speak of?
I dunno, but I do know that Sun is a computer company.
"Then do what I do: Go outside."
I just looked, she's not out there.
@ vdogg:
That's where the pizza man comes from.
a stream of Highest Ranked replies??? Can I has one too?
no.
you can't.
@ al4281
Because you asked. no.
"still, the fabric can be penetrated by "sharp points,""
Last time I checked, knives have sharp points. So it only protects against slashes not thrusts? Not worth the money.
Chainmail was rendered useless by the arrow and plate mail was rendered useless by the crossbow. History is repeating itself again.
I'll show her thrust.
Does das zing protect vrom schwanzstabbing?
I want to see a video demonstration before I'll buy this. Don't forget to include a beautiful female in the video.
I need one of these.
I'll take one!
And maybe the shirt too =)
WHAT IF HE'S GOT A POINTED STICK?
YOU ARE STILL GOING TO GET STABBED IN THE ARSE.
You're still learning to protect yourself from fresh fruit.
all sexy-lady comments aside, and if it can do close to what it claims, then its pretty stylish for its functions.
Yep - it's got all tweed beaten on that point!
I can almost see her nipples. No bra FTW!
/agree!!
so THAT'S why they call you pencil dick?
Does it blend?
will it blend??
got ya by a minute!
doh! the blender has become the blendee...
congratulations.
the question is, will it keep your children from blending
or death by blending.
i get to live out my Dresden fantasy
Is it stronger than dragon scales and/or light as a feather?
Wasn't this on gizmodo yesterday? Why yes, yes it was.
Wasn't that a useless comment? Why yes, yes it was.
"But what if he stabbed you in the face?"
"Yeah, what if he stabbed me in the face?"
"That's a risk we were willing to take."
Dumb and dumber FTW.
all " she isn't wearing a bra" and " she is hot" comments aside... this is useless... what about your face, fire, guns, and getting stabbed in the leg...
By the way, I agree with those comments...
look at you all sex and violence.
getting stabbed in the leg ftw
We had something like this in Middle Earth at one time called Mithril.
But does it come in black?
no frackin way! has to be see thru remember? cmon now what is this remedial engadget? ;p
It seems to have the added advantage of making her breasts appear to be totally different sizes. Presumably this would put off an attacker sufficiently to allow you to mace him!
Is a hot blonde with a nice rack a pretty big stabing target in Japan?
In the red light district, ya
you'd think a hot blond with a nice rack would be stabbin target everywhere, not just japan...
So assuming you get stabbed in the chest (as you do), the paramedics arrive, usual practice would be to cut open a persons shirt to try to treat the wound. If you had on one of these shirts, would they be able to do this?
Is that pwning yourself?
What?