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New safety gloves add protection for ice-skaters

17/03/2014

Hunter Sportswear has launched a safety glove for ice-skaters with the highest - class five - cut resistance, made using Dyneema Diamond technology, a patented fibre from DSM Dyneema.

The yarn has a cut resistance twice as high as regular high molecular polyethylene yarn and the gloves offer a level of protection similar to that provided by gloves reinforced with fibreglass or steel, according to the company.

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