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What are chances Oakley re-releases X-Metal?
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krayzie
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If Oakley is to bring back X-Metal, the slim chance of it happening will have to be Made in Japan.
Contrary to what Oakley said in their X-Metal promo video, the Japanese was the first to manufacturer titanium frames way back in the early 80's.
Last year Lux took over Fukui Megane which is one of the old skool hand made Japanese titanium frame manufacturers in Sabae, and proceeded to churn out some limited production Ray-Bans (I think the take over has more to do with switching Japanese made Oliver Peoples frames away from its OG manufacturer Eyevan / Optec Japan Corp).
But I think to truly reproduce X-Metal properly it would have to be a titanium golf club manufacturer lol!
BTW Lux is actually EssiLux now (the merger of the world's largest lens manufacturer Essilor with the world's largest frame maker Luxottica). The merger actually hasn't been going well with a ton of in-fighting between the two factions lmao!Last edited:
ShortChangeHero
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It could happen, I mean they made stupid TI hinges and then slapped a crazy price on it. All they need to do is make the rest of it. The golden question would be how much would they charge?T"TRUMP"
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$27k ShortChangeHero
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That’s a lot of keech, how you round up to that dollar amount?
Cheap at twice the price!T"TRUMP"
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I'm ready to roll! BAGSY! What would a new range of Metals look like?
Badman made of Titanium?
If that is the case they needn’t ****** bother. ShortChangeHero
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With the cool unique cylinder case we all love.
Plastic Fantastic, brother!Similar threads
