12-13-2017, 01:55 AM
I saw this post, and thought I would pass on some of my gear finds. Like the author, I live in Texas, so it is usually too hot for leathers. I do not have any shops with a good selection of gear anywhere close, so I get most of my gear from revzilla.com. Revzilla has the best customer service I have ever found, bar none, and returns with prepaid shipping labels because something did not fit is the norm, free shipping on order $35 and over. Anyway, I wanted Kevlar lined jeans for abrasion protection. I ended up buying Scorpion Covert Kevlar lined jeans. The fit, finish and appearance is spot on. The jeans do have pockets for hip and knee armor that can be purchased separately. My experience has been that the fit of jeans in general will hold hip armor in place, but not so much knee armor. Consequently I think the more effective way to go for knee armor is strap on, or elastic tube mounted pull on knee armor, worn under the Kevlar jeans. Another good brand, which also happens to be the original Kevlar lined motorcycle jean, is the Draggin Jeans brand, dragginjeans.com. Draggin is not to be confused with Drayko Draggin jeans, which are made in Australia ( the original Draggin is U.S. made ). I dont know what the story is between the two, but there is apparently some connection that goes back several years. I also wanted to pass on a glove that I like, the Scorpion Klaw II. It is an armored glove, made of goatskin. It has hard armor across the knuckles, several areas of soft armor and padding throughout, padded palm, and a double layer of leather along the full length of the little finger edge of the hand.