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Just a guess, but I'll bet the vest's warranty doesn't cover this.
but watch someone sue the vest mfgr anyway ...
There is an incident in the late 90s, filmed and is out there on the blood/gore sites of a marine daring another marine to stab him with his bayonet through his PASGT/Flak jacket. Knife went right through it and the look on the kids face was horrible. He knew he was DRT. Bled like a water hose when the idiot pulled the 7” knife out. It is about as gruesome and sad as the chechen beheadings of russian soldiers.