Stuffsmith
Fedora Lounge Artisan
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How cool is that!?!
Shuron is still in business and still makes Ronsirs. My optometrist said he liked the new ones better than the old ones because they now have interchangeable nose pads on the bridge, so you can replace them if they break. Apparently on vintage pair if they broke off, they were just done.
They are online, and are super easy to deal with. They sent me a box full of frames to pick a size and style from, then I just sent back the ones I didn't need. They didn't charge me any extra for this - I only paid for the pair I got. They are a page or so back in this thread.
Again, I can't say enough about their customer service. And technically, they're not reproduction frames, because they have never stopped mking them.
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Please post pics of what you come up with
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I will be sure to do that, currently looking at some on the Optometrists Attic, i don't know if anyone here has ordered from them before.
I finally got around to getting lenses put into my great grandfather's "Silvaline" glasses, which he bought in the mid 1930s.
The big quality issue I've noticed with vintage glasses is just in the alloys that are used in the metal parts. In the five years or so that I've had mine, I've yet to see one speck of that corrosive, green gunk that used to set up housekeeping along the rims and in those hard-to-get at areas around the nosepieces.
A lovely set of photographs. You wouldn't have a close-up of those spectacles, would you? I'd like to see them.
I wish I could wear a pair of gold-framed spectacles, but sadly my lens-specifications would look ridiculous in such thin frames. My grandmother used to have a pair of gold spectacles that she wore for special occasions...God knows where they are now...
I haven't owned any true vintage frames, but that green gunk problem is the biggest problem I have my modern-production Shuron Ronwinnes.
Has anyone got any idea where I might procure a decent and affordable pair of pince-nez SUNglasses? My online searches have been relatively fruitless. I would, I think, prefer the rigid bridge style with the spring loaded clamps. Any information is very much appreciated.
I finally got around to getting lenses put into my great grandfather's "Silvaline" glasses, which he bought in the mid 1930s.