Got taken out by a car (NSFW)

[leprecaun jon]

the typical leather jacket is 1.2 to 1.4 mm thick. i have a mesh jacket that i used before my leather and I'll never go back. I've personally seen mesh in a low side and see it melted into the guys arm and etc. . i doubt the mesh has better tear resistance, the whole thing i weaved together so I can't really see it being tear resistant at all.

also the leather WAS thicker expect after the crash i slid on my upper back and arms 15 feet and ive also low sided at about 40 before that which didnt help.
i think what cut me was the right side mirror as there were huge sharp pieces on the rode. an glass when broken can be sharp as a razor blade. I'm confident if i didn't have the leather jacket my wound would of bin deeper and done serious damage to tendons and ligiments and lead to not being able to use my left hand. My ER doctor said the cut was "INCREDIBLY clean like a knife wound".
hope this helps

i do believe he was referring to a textile ..... not the mesh jackets... he wanted to know if textile would have held up or how it would have stacked up in the same scenario

 

[bleedinblue]

Im glad that your ok, and had leather on..
Send me that can of wax and ill let you know if its cursed or not when its gone lol

 

[bleedinblue]

I dont think leather being better is a myth.Iv never seen a person wearing textile palmed gloves working with sheet metal..Heck you debur a freshly sharpened knife with leather, textile would snag and fray.
The best hand protection iv seen was leather hide, with kevlar inserts.
Racing has proven leathers worth for road rash, until jackets have kevlar liners this possibility will exsist

 

[linkgt]

Glad to see you made out ok OP. Whenever you decide to buy a new jacket, get this!

Dainese Avro Leather Jacket - RevZilla

Yea it cost a lot... but it looks amazing. I get compliments all the time and I always catch people mirin' the jacket. The armor is pretty thick and it doesnt move at all...worth it if you're rich or just want to get into stupid debt like me

 

[GHOSTWITTHEMOST]

Glad u made it out ok! That's one scary cut.Could have been alot worse I know it was a freak cut but u made out good from looks of it! I don't like deep cuts like that. I've been cut from a circular saw across the top of my hand and almost lost my pinky and ring finger at the main knuckles and cut the tendon.Now have nerve damage in my right hand. Heel up soon!