Kevlar or Chainmail gloves?

[Big Fat Pig]

One more historical slant on the original question. At the battle of Trafalgar, and others of that time, the majority of deaths were not as a result of the wounds but from infection setting in when fragments of clothing were pushed into the body by the bullet/cannon ball/ splinters etc.
Bearing in mind what has already been said about clothing contributing to accidents, you would`nt really want to go and spoil a nice clean wound with a bit of old kevlar or chain mail slivers.
I`ve had to use both types of glove in my job, but never near moving machinery.

Keep safe.

Piggy

 

[big soft moose]

with some machinery such as tyranosaws, aligators etc (and chainsaws natch) it might be an idea to wear gloves made of chainsaw protective material - basically spun kevlar which comes out fluffy and jams the blade before it can cut into flesh - my chainsaw leggings have save me on more than one occasion while clearing fallen trees and working that little bit too close to my legs.

however like the others i would never, ever , even think of wearing gloves when working on the lathe, or on routers or anything else spinning at a high rpm - better to mangle a couple of fingers then wrap your whole arn round the spindle

 

[big soft moose]

One more historical slant on the original question. At the battle of Trafalgar, and others of that time, the majority of deaths were not as a result of the wounds but from infection setting in when fragments of clothing were pushed into the body by the bullet/cannon ball/ splinters etc.

Piggy

and another historical note , every english naval officer was required to own a pair of silk breeches/stockings to wear when going into action - silk driven into a wound has a far lower chance of causing septicemia than wool or cotton.

also sailors hated serving in the teak ships made by the heic in bombay because teak splinters were far more likely to go bad than the oak from the home fleet