Like most of you, I love x-metals. But o-matter, if done right, is awesome. They're light, quite a few models don't need replacement rubbers, and surprisingly robust (although don't try stepping on Gen 1 Frogskins with a ski boot like @OttawaMike).
Think about it. Oakley do make limited edition sunglasses. Usually reasonably rare ones would be numbering about 50-100 pairs. If you get lucky, they may actually be hand painted by a human being instead of a machine.
Custom painters like @SouLFuLFrog would likely do way less of a certain design than Oakley's official L.E. stuff. Their customs would number in the 10s at most (or perhaps even 1s!). Anyone can do a custom, but a handful would be able to do the quality of the work of the guys found on this page.
So IMHO, if you have the good fortune to manage to snare any custom pairs from a resident Artist, you really have obtained something way more valuable than the price you actually paid.
That's why they deserve their own top shelf (above the PB Ducati/Tron and C6).
P.S. Brian usually signs all the sunglasses he does on the arms, but I believe that I'm the only one in the world to have my own "signed" custom MF bag and box....at least for now!!!!
Think about it. Oakley do make limited edition sunglasses. Usually reasonably rare ones would be numbering about 50-100 pairs. If you get lucky, they may actually be hand painted by a human being instead of a machine.
Custom painters like @SouLFuLFrog would likely do way less of a certain design than Oakley's official L.E. stuff. Their customs would number in the 10s at most (or perhaps even 1s!). Anyone can do a custom, but a handful would be able to do the quality of the work of the guys found on this page.
So IMHO, if you have the good fortune to manage to snare any custom pairs from a resident Artist, you really have obtained something way more valuable than the price you actually paid.
That's why they deserve their own top shelf (above the PB Ducati/Tron and C6).
P.S. Brian usually signs all the sunglasses he does on the arms, but I believe that I'm the only one in the world to have my own "signed" custom MF bag and box....at least for now!!!!
