Yes, as an ordinary citizen you may legally and perfectly legally buy and wear a bulletproof vest in the Netherlands and Belgium. However, there are some typical rules that matter. Read our 20 facts about bulletproof vests.

British research has shown that when attacked with a knife, cut-resistant clothing can severely reduce or even prevent up to 80% of the injury. Cut-resistant clothing, like normal clothing, is quite comfortable to wear and is especially useful in a slashing attack with a pocket knife or cutter knife.

Although cut-resistant clothing offers some stab resistance and is also often called stab-resistant by shady vendors, the stab protection is rather limited. A cut-resistant T-shirt can limit the depth of a knife thrust and thus reduce the injury but if one wants useful cut-resistant protection then one should wear several layers of cut-resistant fabric on top of each other. This can be a cut-resistant T-shirt, a cut-resistant sweater and a cut-resistant raincoat. From three layers of cut-resistant fabric on top of each other, one obtains useful cut-resistant protection.

Stab-resistant T-shirts can also include additional stab-resistant packages that then provide high-quality stab-resistant protection.