Kevlar handkerchief keeps your nose clean, protects against friendly fire
By Darren Murph 
posted Oct 10th 2008 5:45AM
posted Oct 10th 2008 5:45AM
[Via OhGizmo]
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Surprising level of want.
But they don't make bullet proof vests for yo face.
Hah! Wrong!
http://www.securityprousa.com/tabaleiiima.html
If, say, you're the former CEO of a recently failed company and you're attending a red carpet event, this makes a surprising amount of sense.
I'll just surprise the rich bastard by shooting him in the face.
It won't protect you from the guy with the flamethrower.
Just make sure you have a few sentries built around your CP... you'll be fine unless the Pyro gets Uber'd.
The kerchief in your jacket pocket should never be used to blow your nose and is used for decorative purposes only: the snot rag belongs in a hidden back pocket.
Just how thick is this thing? I figure that folded is the only way it'll offer any level of protection against anything over and above an air pistol. Or a BB gun.
Love their "get out of jail free card" comment about the "schmucks and wooden-heads who feel compelled to test the endurance or resistance of the textile in any way,"
Like waving a red rag in front of a bull!
Soon (surely) to be an article in the 'Darwins'
be funny if you saw people wearing it on there heads.
JUust when you thought it was old school to do that - this happens
Why not make the entire jacket with kevlar instead of just the handkerchief?
A y'all really as clueless as you sound? Just because it's Kevlar doen't make it "bullet proof." In this case it's just another expensive hankerchief intended to be expensive, not useful.
Kevlar is used in hundreds of things other stopping bullets. Anything from Sailboat rigging to a substitute for fiberglass. None of which is intended to be shot at.
What idiots.
Exactly - and even though a bullet won't go through the handkerchief, the handkerchief will just conform to the shape of the bullet, so now you'll have a kevlar wrapped bullet inside your body. True, makes removal of the slug easier, but there will still be the hole...
Clearly you've never encountered SARCASM before then!
it retains it form as it is dragged through your chest cavity:)
sounds awesome:)
...the heart is more in the middle of the chest, not behind the pocket as shown. Besides being ineffective, it's looks a little foofie ...
LOL Zip good observation, on its "foofie-ness".
This is patented "fool ware." Its not innovative at all. Take some thing that exists and apply it with a "twist." Get a few thousand people to buy it (out of curiousity?), and you have made a pretty penny for nothing.
"Tired of dull knives squishing your tomato's?!
GET THE NINJA BLAADE!
Cuts through wood, granite and CAR DOORS!....."
Indeed, you do make a pretty penny if you get a few thousand people to buy it when you only make ten; just be sure and stay ahead of the cops!
You get shot where your kevlar hankie is stashed in your pocket, and the bullet will pull it inside your body. There's no tension holding it in place like there is in a jacket.
Instant plug to stop the bleeding. That's nifty!
Could be very messy....you blow your nose and the unwanted biological material comes shooting down the nostril, hits the kevlar and bounces straight back up!
Do people actually still use handkerchiefs for their intended purpose? Disgusting!
if their gonna get fancy they shoulda made it with a carbon nanofiber microweave. stronger than kevlar, light as a feather, as soft as silk
Kevlar and moisture are mortal enemies. A runny nose will quickly degrade the penetration resistance.