Stab vest guides | UK prices, levels, PPE, and law
Ten practical stab-vest guides for UK buyers: amazon.co.uk prices, what KR1 and KR2 mean, free employer PPE, and why a sports pad is not knife armour.
Is body armour legal in the UK? What buyers should know
You find a stab vest online, but before comparing its weight or fit you stop at a more basic question: is body armour legal in the UK for a private bu
Covert stab vest under a shirt: what fit can and cannot do
You put the vest on in the hallway, button a pale work shirt over it and turn side-on to the mirror. The collar sits fine, but the shirt pulls across
Employer provide stab vest PPE: who pays and who decides
You are on a Friday night door shift in a week when the venue has had two incidents, and the person on the radio tells you to bring something stab-res
Rugby protection vest: why it is not stab armour
You are scrolling Amazon for a stab vest and a neat black Canterbury top appears three times, at £36.84, £39.95 and £42.99. It looks like body armour,
Back protector vs stab vest: why a ski pad is not armour
You are standing in a shop doorway or on a snowy car-park step, holding a slim black pad with a Salomon logo on it, and a thought arrives: it is a har
Slash resistant vs stab proof: three different tests
You are scrolling through listings late in the evening and the same words keep turning up. One title mentions anti-cut gloves. A soft shirt says anti-
Stab vest price UK: what you actually pay for
You see one vest for about £26 on amazon.co.uk and another above £400 from a specialist supplier. The immediate question is whether the expensive one
Steel stab vest or soft armour: what weight tells you
You open two listings side by side. One is a steel-layer carrier that the seller puts at 3.5 kg. The other is a soft concealed shirt at about half a k
KR1 KR2 body armour: what the UK knife levels mean
You are looking at two vests that seem almost identical, but one seller says KR1, another says 24 J, and a third simply says Level 4. Those phrases ar
24 joule stab vest: why 24J is not a certificate
You have an amazon.co.uk tab open on a black vest at about £27, and the title leads with 24J. The price is low enough that it feels like a decision yo