On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:10:36 -0400, James Foster x2912 wrote:

>So has anyone tried the kevlar gloves? Do they work or are they cut
>pretty easily?

The butchers and meatcutters at the local grocery store use them whenever 
they are cutting meat, so I suspect they offer a fair amount of resistance 
to sharp-edged blades and cut down (pun intended) on the number and severity 
of injuries.  I wouldn't expect them to be totally proof against a knife, 
but to offer more resistance than other materials of similar thickness.  I 
assume a sharp-pointed blade, pointing right at the glove, would penetrate 
between the fibers a bit, but an edge would have to sever quite a few tough 
fibers to get through.
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Michael D. Sullivan, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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