Impact‐Resistant Knee Guards for Sports

About this piece

A small personal piece with the finish carried all the way round, not just on the face that gets photographed. The thinking behind it is simple: get the size right, get the surface right, and leave everything else alone. Nothing here is decorative for its own sake. It comes in 4 colours.

Materials and build

Built from parts that each do one job, with the fastenings sized to the load rather than to the price. There is no glue in the joints that matters, nothing is torqued past what the material wants, and the piece can be taken apart if it ever has to be stored flat.

Sizing, fixings and what you get

Every contact point is finished rather than left sharp, and the feet or pads are sized so the load is spread instead of concentrated. Assembly is simple by design: the parts that must be rigid are rigid, and the parts that must flex have somewhere to flex to.

Wearing in rather than wearing out

An everyday accessory made to be handled daily without the surface going dull where a hand or a pocket rubs. Most of the cost of a piece like this sits in the parts that do not show. We put the budget there rather than into a heavier box or a bigger logo, because that is the version of the product you still have in two years. The detail we spent the most time on is the one you notice least until it is missing. That is usually how it works with anything that gets handled daily: the failures are quiet ones, and they show up on the parts nobody photographed.

Living with it day to day

Nothing about it requires a manual. The obvious way to use it is the correct way, and the only choice you have to make is where it goes — which is a decision made easier by the fact that it does not need to be anchored to a wall to stay put. A soft cloth, warm water and no abrasives covers everything this needs. Harsh cleaners do more damage to finishes than use does — that is true of almost everything in this category, and it is worth remembering here.

Specifications

Type	Impact‐Resistant Knee Guards for Sports
Materials	Mixed materials, fixings matched to the load
Colours	White, Black, Red, Blue
What you get	1 x Impact‐Resistant Knee Guards for Sports

How we would wear it

1. Every day, not for occasions

   Built to be handled without going dull where a hand rubs.

2. As a small gift

   Looks chosen on purpose rather than generic.

3. In a bag or pocket

   Thin enough not to distort the line of either.

4. Kept with the box

   The packaging is the simplest way to store it between uses.

In the box

• 1 x Impact‐Resistant Knee Guards for Sports

Care

Clean with a damp cloth and avoid harsh chemicals, which dull the finish without getting anything cleaner. Store it dry and it will look the same in three years as it does on the day it arrives.

Questions we get asked