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Originally Posted by RichLockyer
But even at a 20% loss, it still blows textile away.
The best Kevlar textile is shredded in 18 feet.
Quality leather is good for 80 feet.
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Rich I found the sticky on the testing that was done 20 years ago that may have provided these figures. I would like to think the newer cordura and Kevlars have improved since then as indicated in the test results. If doing the same test for abrasion, i.e. repeatedly rubbing a material on asphalt and the numbers show that the newer kevlars as good or better than the "competition grade" leather that is hard to dispute. Also I suspect that 90% of the leather being worn is not anywhere close to "competition grade".