The last thing we would do is recommend that members of the public should tackle anyone threatening with a knife, however if you are a security officer, or employ security staff, it is important to decide what level of protection you or your team need.
We can offer a full range of bullet-proof and anti-stab protection but we know from experience that it is usually journalists traveling to war zones who need bullet-proof vests. Most security personnel do not really want to wear bullet-proof or stab-proof clothing. Generally bullet-proof and stab-proof clothing is bulky, stiff, rather uncomfortable and certainly not attractive to wear.
So it becomes a matter of compromise, deciding what type of attack you are likely to face. From experience, most of our customers do not expect to be shot at. What they want is something to add that little bit of extra protection, mainly when doing door work.
Parents who are worried about their teenage children going out at night would rarely get them to go out in a bullet-proof or stab-proof vest. They are much more likely to get them to wear a Kevlar-lined hooded top or an anti-slash T-shirt or one of our cut resistant zip-up sweaters. One of our Dyneema scarves would certainly not look out of place in the winter, whilst offering level 5 blade cut resistance.
Our aim at www.bladerunner.tv is to get as close to offering protective streetwear as possible with the addition of protective lining that does not impact on your street cred.
