The cut-resistant materials blocks the chain of a chainsaw and, in doing so, protects against cuts from hand-held chainsaws. At Engelbert Strauss, type A cut-protective trousers function up to a chainsaw speed of up to 20 metres per second. From the hip down, the front side of the cut-protective trousers features a multilayer of loosely woven, very long and fine tear-resistant threads, which lie over the wheel of the chainsaw as soon as this cuts through the upper material.