Leather jacket made for fashion protect against zombie bite?

[Sakuya123]

I have a black leather jacket made of soft leather and I was wondering if it would protect me from infection in the event a zombie were to bite me in my shoulder or lower arm. Would I only feel pain? Or would the zombie be able to penetrate the leather and be able to infect me?

[raptor]

Even a cotton shirt would be be zombie proof. Since zombies are not real and you are not likely to get bitten, much less infected by one; I can say with great certainty that even a single ply cotton shirt is 99.9999% protection against any zombie you are likely to meet.

[taipan821]

I have a black leather jacket made of soft leather and I was wondering if it would protect me from infection in the event a zombie were to bite me in my shoulder or lower arm. Would I only feel pain? Or would the zombie be able to penetrate the leather and be able to infect me?

short answer...no

I must say I've seen this occur (no zombie though) in real life...one of those WTF moments in prehospital care

[ZombieGranny]

Since leather boots prevent rattlesnakes from breaking skin, I would assume the leather jacket would work for zombie bites.
After all, zombies were just people.
Heavy denim ones should work as well.

[JeeperCreeper]

Try it yourself. Bite the jacket as hard as you can and see if you can go through it.

[Stercutus]

Even a cotton shirt would be be zombie proof. Since zombies are not real have not yet been proven to exist, and you are not likely to get bitten, much less infected by one; I can say with great certainty that even a single ply cotton shirt is 99.9999% protection against any zombie you are likely to meet.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. He's just distracted from the hurricane. They go waaaayyy back.

Leather jackets are not the same as say leather armor that is popular among thieves in D&D and existed in various forms in world history. However a nice thick leather jacket backed by some fabric Kevlar or Dyneema arm protectors commonly used in industry would provide some discrete arm protection vs. biting.

https://www.zoro.com/mcr-safety-cut-res ... lsrc=aw.ds


https://www.zoro.com/ansell-cut-resista ... gLZF_D_BwE

[drop bear]

You then of course have an issue with a zombie attatched to you. Would slow you down a bit.

[TheWarriorMax]

I'm planning to buy a motorcycle jacket with Kevlar in case of civil unrest in my area.
Risk is low now but the area isnt improving and getting safer

[drop bear]

I'm planning to buy a motorcycle jacket with Kevlar in case of civil unrest in my area.
Risk is low now but the area isnt improving and getting safer

Dririder do a very reasonable hoodie. I took the shoulder aurmor out and you pretty much cant tell.

Not sure what it will actually stop though.

I put a pocket knife through the knee of some old jeans I had. And it really didnt stop much.

[JeeperCreeper]

I'm planning to buy a motorcycle jacket with Kevlar in case of civil unrest in my area.
Risk is low now but the area isnt improving and getting safer

As a former rider, I can say this isn't a bad idea, but it's not a great idea.

Though moto-leather can be super tough, they are cut weird to make riding a bike easier. Basically your arms don't have easy mobility because they are designed to keep you in a fetal-like riding position without bunching or creasing on rides.

Textile bike jackets are cheaper and more mobile, but still hard to move in compared to a regular jacket. But this thread is about leather so I'm not sure what you're referencing.

But then again, you may ride so you might know this, but I find many non-riders always think bike gear is good tactical gear, and it is far from it. Better off getting American football or hockey gear hahahahaha it is designed to allow you to move and take a hit

[Close_enough]

For your scenario, I would look at the cut and slash resistant safety clothing used by glass fabricators. I'd trust certified textiles over a thin scrim of buffed leather.

If you're dead set on leather, I suggest you learn how to build boiled leather lamellar armor.

EDIT: I checked to see how hard a person can bite, and how hard it us to break skin. Pain tends to limit bite force to 150 lbs at the molars, and about half that at the incisors. Without the pain, the bite force is comparable to a medium/ large dog. Human skin yields at around 100 psi.

In short, getting bitten by a zed is going to be comparable to getting chopped by fido.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... human-jaw/
http://www.bcmj.org/worksafebc/updates-worksafebc