Not Sure What This Is But It Got Me Thinking...

[Silent Oz]

juliet? by Silent Oz, on Flickr

Randomly came across this picture, its not very good quality unfortunately. At first glance i thought it might be a copper penny, but it looks a little dark for that? I'm still way to much of a noob to know whether its a fake or a custom job or whatever but it got me thinking has anyone done a custom paint/finish on an X-metal? And does it look any good?
Is this the sort of thing someone like dr. chop would do or is it considered blasphemy to tamper with an x-metal in such a way?

Apologies if this has been covered before, i did try searching before posting but didnt find anything

 

[sunpoh]

its a fake, but a pretty good one at it. Firstly, there is no gasket at the lens area which is a clear indication that it is fake, next is where the temple shocks are, the shape just doesnt seem right.

 

[Silent Oz]

its a fake, but a pretty good one at it. Firstly, there is no gasket at the lens area which is a clear indication that it is fake, next is where the temple shocks are, the shape just doesnt seem right.

With the grainy picture i wasnt sure if there wasn't a gasket or it was just the same colour as the frame.

 

[BriP]

this is a bloody poor fake of a juliet. thats clearly a painted plastic, nosebridge is just a drawing basically, and jet intake icons are wrong.

 

[BriP]

PLEASE move to general discussion section. this is a FAKES thread.

 

[Silent Oz]

PLEASE move to general discussion section. this is a FAKES thread.

I originally posted in this section because i was more interested in discussing the possibility of modding x-metal frames to non standard colours rather than whether this particular pair were fake, i posted the picture because it was what started me thinking about it. But i will defer to the wisdom of others on which section it belongs in.

 

[Rustpot]

There's a company selling X Metals on ebay with custom powder/paint jobs, as well as doing mods to the frame. They wanted a couple hundred dollars premium for their customs though.

 

[dr.chop]

I personally have never painted an X Metal. Probably could try, but really think anything outside of a vapor coating, anodizing, or similar treatment takes away from the beauty of an X Metal. Something about that raw metal look for me...lol

 

[BriP]

I originally posted in this section because i was more interested in discussing the possibility of modding x-metal frames to non standard colours rather than whether this particular pair were fake, i posted the picture because it was what started me thinking about it. But i will defer to the wisdom of others on which section it belongs in.

oh i see where youre coming from. fair enough.

theres lots of cusom painted/powder coated/chromed/plated/anodised xmetals out there. personally i think its sacrilege, but to each their own.

i think the raw xmetal finish is amazing, so i personally wouldnt cover it up.

 

[Silent Oz]

There's a company selling X Metals on ebay with custom powder/paint jobs, as well as doing mods to the frame. They wanted a couple hundred dollars premium for their customs though.

Not seen those, probably dont show up on ebay uk, sounds interesting if expensive

I personally have never painted an X Metal. Probably could try, but really think anything outside of a vapor coating, anodizing, or similar treatment takes away from the beauty of an X Metal. Something about that raw metal look for me...lol

I've always thought anodized metal looks good, i'd be curious to see an x-metal done like that. On a seperate note nice to 'meet' the infamous dr.chop! I sent you an e-mail about getting some custom lenses, your work looks amazing!