I'm half tempted to have a pair made up by my jeweler (he goes to my church and we do favors for each other), but to the standard dimensions of a Zenni lens. That way I could order an $8 pair, and just swap the lenses into my new, fancy frame! :-) I'd have him just modify an existing frame, but part of the "look" is the bulk of the rim, and none of the Zenni frames, at any price, have that much bulk. Knowing him, he'd want to make it from solid gold, though...he enjoys goldsmithing, and that's WAAAY out of my budget.
Looking at it critically, it appears as if the frame is made from little more than a v-groove on one side of a square extrusion...bent and shaped, of course. Pretty simple, from an engineering standpoint. Given the right equipment (his LASER welder and a few other tools) I could probably make them myself! There are also other styles I like...like this one! Bold, wild, somewhat crazy, and the completely wrong size and shape for my face...or I'd already have them. http://www.eyewearscout.com/products_pictures/f4079c.JPG I like these kinds of weird "techno geek" glasses. The Axiis pair I originally linked to kind of makes me think of Steampunk meets Star Trek, but with some refinement. And yes, I also like the wilder Koure frames from the Orient...but talk about pricey! -- Chuck Knight On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Firewalker <[email protected]>wrote: > > They're definitly different, I'll give em that. Almost looks like the > temples were added as an afterthought. Maybe they were going to > originally just bolt them to the patient's head?? :) > > $300.00 is a *bit* pricey?? > You could probably have a custom pair whipped up at a machine shop if > you knew the dimensions, and probably get out for cheaper. > > Seriously, I haven't seen anything even remotely like these frames, > and *yes*, they are intriguing. > I'd send a picture to O4L. They say "nothing is impossible". Heck, > zenni sells so many offbeat frames, they may be able to have their > frame supplier do some knock-offs of these. They would definitely > sell in China. > > -=# Firewalker #=- > > On Mar 12, 12:36 am, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just saw these, and immediately decided that I simply have to have a > > pair. But, at full price, they're a bit pricey...heck, I could probably > > have my jeweler whip me up a pair, custom! > > > > http://axiis.us/M-BR.jpg > > > > Does anyone know of a style similar to these, available through *our* > normal > > channels? They're really quite striking... > > > > THANKS! > > > > -- Chuck Knight > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
