Stab-proof school uniforms go on sale to protect pupils from knife attacks

In America, the shooting of teenagers is fairly common. In Britain, were guns are harder to obtain, the stabbing of teenagers is fairly common. Now, for the first time, stab-proof school uniforms are on sale to protect British pupils

Stab-proof school uniforms go on sale to protect pupils from knife attacks

14th August 2007
Daily Mail

Stab-proof school uniforms have gone on sale for the first time in Britain, sparking a rush of inquiries from worried parents looking to protect their youngsters from knife attacks.

According to the Sun newspaper, parents are paying up to £65 a time to get their hands on the uniforms - lined with Kelvar - the material used in armoured vests worn by British troops in Iraq.

Stab-proof uniforms are being sold by Essex-based firm BladeRunner, which has already plugged a gap in the teenage market by selling Kevlar hoodies.


Worried: Parents are rushing to buy stab-proof school uniforms and hoodies to protect their children


Kevlar is a light synthetic material which can be spun into a fabric five times stronger than steel.

BladeRunner Bosses Adrian Davis and Barry Samms already make Kevlar-lined uniforms for police and security guards but began taking requests from parents who wanted to line their children's school uniforms with the protective material.

Mr Davis said: "We've had so many calls from parents requesting the service in time for their children to go back to school, we think we'll have to set up a whole division devoted to it.

"Parents send us in blazers and we line them with Kevlar - it's discreet and no-one would know you were wearing it."

The move follows concerns from both students and parents after a spate of knife-related attacks on teenagers across the UK.

Seven boys aged under 16 have died in such attacks within two months this year alone.

Concerned mother Kimberley Starr told The Sun she supported stab-proof clothes for children following a vicious attack on her daughter Bridie outside her Bristol school.

"If she had been wearing it (Kevlar) she wouldn't have spent two weeks in hospital," she said.


Essex-based firm BladeRunner has begun producing a range of stab-free clothes including school uniforms



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I think these outfits would be great for couples. What better way to take out stress then by stabbing each other with knives, and you don't end up disfigured or dead... Genius.

Surely this will only give rise to the facial stab maneuver!

Right typical flawed social thought , instead of finding the causes of the problem we inconvenience our selves by trying to solve the consequence .

So you probably agree that cops shouldn't wear body armor either?

Does it come with a cod peice? To protect against the Bobit manuvre.

I hope there is a mistake in this post.........I teach armed self-defense tio security personnel that wear kevlar bullet proof vests......and they WILL NOT stop edged weapons. Period. Bullets:yes.

Knives: NO STOP.

These parents are being conned.

By the way, British police kevlar bullet-proof vests are lined with metal chain mail to stop knives as well.....

But the root causes are not addressable there . Cops are assualted because they represent law and order and usally because the perp wants to get away .

Wouldn't the same root problems be common to both though? They are bad seed and needed to be weeded out of the gene pool.

Well the tragic case study has been that teenage violence has some very practical reasons having nothing to do with bad intent . In some cases it's realitive reasoning , violence at home and what not .
But in other cases like columbine and the recent Virgina tech shooting it's social stigmatism and in both cases clear warning signs were present . Yet society seems more intent on protection than it does prevention . A stab proof vest will not really stop someone bent on stabbing another person it will only limit the possible area of effect just like time and time again it's been proven that metal scanner on doors will not prevent guns from entering a school building only reduce the possible ways of entry . In the Case of cops we always know there are people out there trying to break the law and willing to do anything to escape it's a job hazard , a teenage kid should be worried about school , getting laid and pimples not getting stabbed or shot .

there are stab-proof vests and bullet-proof vests. Usually one cannot do the job of the other, but i think they're both made from the same stuff, just fabricated differently