Super wood

[Gridley]

On this site all of us are focused on weapons technology - but the stuff coming out of small skiff builders shops is super interesting - and may eventually begin to show up in armor projects....

Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if carbon fiber armor eventually became the norm.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

"densified"...now there's a new word to mull over; I can think of lots of uses for it.....

Kind of describes what's occurring in the population of the United States in general.

 

[SharpDog]

That's really interesting stuff. Being a professional forester, I'd totally wear body armor made out of wood! There are trees out there with amazing densities, eastern hophornbeam (ironwood) for example. It's pretty light, and if you have ever tried to pound a nail into it, it's not a lot of fun. In fact the hardness and slow growth rate is part of why it isn't used more frequently in industrial uses.

I picture an army of police officers that look like animated Ikea furniture roaming the streets.

Hey Sarge, I was assembling my armor and I have two extra fasteners and I don't know where they go !

 

[PWC]

I didn't want to say that, or any of a dozen corollarys because it would be political, no gun related.

 

[LiveLife]

I dont know about body armor but I could absolutely see this as a sheathing on residential and some commercial applications, for more reasons than just "bullet proof".

Like hurricane region siding/shutter application to protect from flying debri?

 

[Riomouse911]

Like hurricane region siding/shutter application to protect from flying debri?

You beat me to it... sheathing in hurricane or tornado country. And I would use it for interior walls around halls and bedrooms, mounted to the studs under the Sheetrock.

Stay safe.