I actually have number 15... Business Gloss Black / Obsidian Plasmachromatic need to put the pic up at some point..... actually let me check my google photos Actually here it is
Oakley probably would have built them this way if they could have... back in 1997 that tech to 3D print titanium would have probably been laughed at.. let alone Making flexible sculptured metal frames out of Titanium. Life finds a way!
I mean if you see what Aston Martin is doing remaking brand new DB5 Goldfinger editions... they said all the parts that they are remanufacturing is going towards potential DB5 Restorations so... I mean if the O needed a small run of these parts maybe they made extra to get the cost down... on...
Same! I do trim some of the excess material on the front edge of the Honeywell filter to make the filter to make it fit better. However, I use the O-reusable filter at the front of the mask... then the honeywell as the mid layer and the Oakley disposable as a layer to help the honeywell fit...
When I messaged Brian T. at the O about how they managed to 3D print these... he responded with it wasn't very easy... Like the release said takes years... However, I knew they were working on some sort of 3D printing process for frames for at least 2-3 years. They had a demo at HQ where they...
Speaking about this... Does Oakley still offer Prescription lenses for these? I know they used to for quite some time. They used to say they could do prescription pretty much any of the frames as long as they were prescriptionable from the factory. Would be interesting to do a Jade prizm...
OKAY I SAW AN INSTAGRAM POST FROM AQUIRE MAG.... says they are made out of 3D printed titanium... They are supposedly BRAND NEW.... But 14k is that where did someone hear that from?