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Man stabbed in mock sword fight
Mar 23, 2008 08:08 AM
Josh Wingrove
Staff Reporter
A mock samurai sword fight at a martial arts dojo sent a Toronto man to hospital with a punctured lung.
Toronto police Staff Sgt. Paul Scudds said an ambulance was called to a building on Queen St. E., east of Woodbine Ave., around 1:45 a.m. where attendants found a man who had been accidentally stabbed while he and a friend were playing with the sword.
He was treated at St. Michael’s Hospital and is expected to recover. The other man won’t face charges for the stabbing. .
PLAYING with a sword??????? Grrrrr!!!!
Perhaps they needed one of
THESE?
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New T-shirts offer protection against knives
The Yomiuri Shimbun
OSAKA--A uniform manufacturer in Chuo Ward, Osaka, has developed a T-shirt intended to provide protection against knives, following an increasing number of malicious crimes that have victimized children and late-night convenience store clerks.
The Nihon Uni company used slightly thick fibers that are more than three times as strong as cotton for the T-shirt. However, the product does not look like typical protective clothing.
The strength of the T-shirt made from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber is equal to that of aramid fiber used in body armor. But the T-shirt is machine-washable because it is lightweight.
The T-shirt provides superior protection from slashing attacks, but its mesh fabric can be punctured by a sharp point.
The short-sleeved version of the T-shirt costs 19,000-52,000 yen, while the long-sleeved variety ranges from 22,000-59,000 yen. The products will go on sale in June through distributors.
(Mar. 23, 2008)
FYI, current conversion rate is about 1 USD to 100 Y, so that's $190 and up fo the T-Shirt.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:07 pm 
