“Eye”tanium! - Yanko Design

It'due south no underground that we're a pretty large fan of titanium. We love its classier-than-steel finish, and we can't stop talking nigh its weight to forcefulness ratio (highest among metals). So when we saw the Specter sunglasses, we were undeniably stoked.

Specter set out to do what most crowdfunding projects aim at doing — providing quality, sans the make and all its middlemen, at a reasonable price. Nosotros've seen this movement really kick off with Kickstarter beingness flooded with some incredible lookout man designs (we've covered a fair share), and as a issue, 2022 has seen a pretty large drop in Swiss lookout company sales… which only goes to evidence that yous tin accept a designer out of a brand and nonetheless produce quality work. Specter's specs aim to exercise that with eyewear, and we can only hope more indie campaigners follow suit!

Specter's sunglasses come up in two styles. The Veil takes on a wayfarer manner, while the Valor opts for a rounded frame with the largely popular flat-lens pattern. The Valor comes crafted entirely out of titanium, including the hinges, making it lite, comfortable, and congenital with a durability that is virtually incomparable. You as well get to choose betwixt the lens way… Specter offers a Blackout Lens that uses proprietary engineering that allows it to become darker than near photograph-chromatic lenses on the market. Y'all also become to opt for Polarized lenses, Smoke Lenses, and regular Prescription Lenses with Anti-Scratch and Anti Glare coatings.

Everything from the titanium sourcing, to the frame design, to the actual assembly, is done in Japan. Fabricated in a coastal town 300 miles outside Tokyo that is known for hand-making swords for 8 centuries, the eyewear boast of a similar precision and mastery, also referred to as Shokunin by the Japanese. Specter still manages to bring downward the cost of these meticulously made titanium frames to almost $150 a pair (lenses included). Which makes you wonder, Why purchase branded, mass-produced, plastic/acetate eyewear that cost a fortune and are high maintenance when you tin can have a pair of precision-made titanium frames that last you for life?

Titanium and eyewear… A match made in heaven?? Nosotros'd similar to think so!

Designer: Jon Ng