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There are a lot of gloves that claim cut level 5, do they all offer the same protection?

April 26, 2017claim cut gloves level Offer

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There are a lot of gloves that claim cut level 5, do they all offer the same protection?

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No. Both coup and ISO cut methods specify a minimum performance for level 5, but no maximum and there is nothing defined beyond that. In Polycos range, the ISO cut test was used on Blade Runner Stretch (>27N) and Metallica (around 130N), but they are both certified as cut level 5.