Different Juliet Earstems

[Viral]

So being fairly new to X Metals, this may be common knowledge to most here. While looking through pics of various Juliets both here and on Flickr, etc. I noticed that some Juliets have a bend or kink in their earstems, very similar to Romeos. Did they ever come this way or have all these had Romeo earstem transplant surgery?

 

[Coth]

Only the polished Juliet frames have "hammerstems" (which is what the earstems with the bend are called). Any other Juliets with hammerstems are most likely transplants or fakes.

 

[oakleyandi]

Polished, polished carbon and 24K have hammerstems

 

[Viral]

Interesting. Thanks for the replies! Are the strictly cosmetic or do they fit differently than the standard juliet earstems?

 

[Dyeraudio]

Hammerstems

Polished Juliet

X Metal XX, Plasma XX, TI02 XX & 24K XX

Romeo 1

Romeo 2 and XS have a different version of Hammerstem I believe.

 

[OakleyGuru379]

They fit a bit differently, but not so much where one is more comfortable than the other.

 

[discostu]

I always prefer to wear a polished frame, not just for the durability with no coating to wear (standard polished frame) but they seem to give a little more room in my opinion and are definitely a more aggressive ear stem visually.