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Nordtec ? Chainsaw Safety Clothing

Ms_Chocaholic
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Hi
Has anyone heard of Nordtec?

I have some items of this make which I think are chainsaw safety clothing but I'm not sure and I can't find anything about Nordtec safety clothing via Google.

I did google and thought they were part of Husqvarna so emailed Husqvarna who said they weren't.

Anyone any ideas?

Thanks
Ms Choc x
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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    If it's safety clothing and relatively recent, it should be labelled with the class rating somewhere, otherwise I'd be wary.

    Another indication might be if the material is layered. My chainsaw trousers have 9 layers, for example. However, this wouldn't be conclusive, as there are other reasons for layering.

    I 'd guess you have already found this:

    http://trademark.laws.com/trademark-search/n-nordtec
  • Ms_Chocaholic
    Ms_Chocaholic Posts: 13,385 Forumite
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    When you say class rating, what exact word/number system do they use?
    Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
    You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Ask over on the arbtalk forum. Lots of specialist knowledge there.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    EN381 is the standard throughout the EU.

    So EN381-5 for trousers and EN381-11 for jackets

    Trousers are either Type A or Type C with the latter giving protection to the whole leg, not just the front, but the material is also rated for resistance to cutting on a scale from 0 to 3.

    I'm not sure where the material strength is normally recorded. I can't find it on my trousers.
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