Definitely needs amending! The tortoise British steel can be argued caus the scene is so short etc, but the gold all-in’s are a ridiculous suggestion!Yeah we did,
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Can't find Tony Stark's sunglasses from Iron Man 3
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gio
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I got the netflix daredevil glasses from them a couple of years ago, I can confirm they make good quality frames for that price
gio
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you're great
I was only able to find them in brown! (which are not bad at all, maybe I'll end up getting them anyway)
Ken0415
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you're great
I was only able to find them in brown! (which are not bad at all, maybe I'll end up getting them anyway)
I got them in Cocobolo too which I believe pair better with purple. As well as tort DGs. Which I go back and forth on whether I should airbrush black...
I've settled to get pairs in a custom color I'd actually WEAR and settle to get accurate pairs down the line to display and keep inaccurate colors to mod later.
For example I don't plan on buying another British Steel. My asian nose bridge cannot handle it. They're getting airbrushed.
UV400
Sr Member
I agree cocobolo and tortoise frames go extraordinarily well with lots of shades of purple....
UV400
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Yeah, they don't look bad, but the photo was mainly just to show how well the colors do go together.I caved in to the Eareada Givenchy 7125's but for $3 on Aliexpress, I couldn't help it.
Those also look pretty good not gonna lie, keep me updated if you actually have any reviews on those. I haven't touched their knock off Bernardo line.
Wolfshire
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So I may have stumbled upon another "havana red" situation with the British Steels.
We were given essentially the same info as the London Callings with the British Steels right? "One black and one tortoise were used in the film" and lo and behold it turns out that in actuality to be the limited edition red havana's.
Well I think the same situation happened with the British steels.
About a month ago I was watching the deleted scene of Tony on the jet again when he's wearing the Steels that I thought something looked kind of odd about them the closer I looked. They seemed a little translucent?? I could see in certain parts when he turned towards the light that you could almost see where the metal arms attached inside the acetate front. I thought maybe it was just a reflection at first because the black portion of the acetate Initium used back then for the black front/horn back was very opaque and glossy (I have a pair of Sticky Fingers from the same era that are made out of the same stuff so I have a decent reference at least to how it reacts to lighting). Then another weird thing, towards the edges of the frames on the side, they looked, not tortoise but like striped?? So I pulled some screen caps and started lighting them up in photoshop, but it was inconclusive, could very easily have been weird lighting from being in a small enclosed set. So I let it slide and tried not to think about it, probably just seeing things.
Here's all the images in question. It's easier to see what I'm taking about on a TV while it's in motion but these were all I could come up with on my computer.
So like I said, just figured I was seeing things.
BUT I found out recently through my usual scouring for a pair of black British Steels that there was a limited edition in with a dark greyish blue layered over a striated brown and it brought me right back to my theory.
From old Amazon listing:
From Old Poshmark Listing:
So now I got REALLY curious at this point and found this amazing huge pic of RDJ on set during this scene.
and with cropping and lighting up in photoshop...
You can REALLY see the striations now, especially at the edges and the bridge! So this is my personal theory for what the deal is with the British Steels. I think this is why you could make the argument they're "tortoise" in the driving scene (even though it's impossible to tell in that scene because of how small they are on screen and the dust surrounding him) because I don't think we're seeing tortoise marbling, I think it's the brown coming through in the direct sunlight.
So that's my opinion on it, I could be dead wrong and it could just be a huge misread, but given all the nonsense that went on with the Superunknown's and especially the London Calling's, I can't say it would surprise me.
Let me know what you guys think!
We were given essentially the same info as the London Callings with the British Steels right? "One black and one tortoise were used in the film" and lo and behold it turns out that in actuality to be the limited edition red havana's.
Well I think the same situation happened with the British steels.
About a month ago I was watching the deleted scene of Tony on the jet again when he's wearing the Steels that I thought something looked kind of odd about them the closer I looked. They seemed a little translucent?? I could see in certain parts when he turned towards the light that you could almost see where the metal arms attached inside the acetate front. I thought maybe it was just a reflection at first because the black portion of the acetate Initium used back then for the black front/horn back was very opaque and glossy (I have a pair of Sticky Fingers from the same era that are made out of the same stuff so I have a decent reference at least to how it reacts to lighting). Then another weird thing, towards the edges of the frames on the side, they looked, not tortoise but like striped?? So I pulled some screen caps and started lighting them up in photoshop, but it was inconclusive, could very easily have been weird lighting from being in a small enclosed set. So I let it slide and tried not to think about it, probably just seeing things.
Here's all the images in question. It's easier to see what I'm taking about on a TV while it's in motion but these were all I could come up with on my computer.
So like I said, just figured I was seeing things.
BUT I found out recently through my usual scouring for a pair of black British Steels that there was a limited edition in with a dark greyish blue layered over a striated brown and it brought me right back to my theory.
From old Amazon listing:
From Old Poshmark Listing:
So now I got REALLY curious at this point and found this amazing huge pic of RDJ on set during this scene.
and with cropping and lighting up in photoshop...
You can REALLY see the striations now, especially at the edges and the bridge! So this is my personal theory for what the deal is with the British Steels. I think this is why you could make the argument they're "tortoise" in the driving scene (even though it's impossible to tell in that scene because of how small they are on screen and the dust surrounding him) because I don't think we're seeing tortoise marbling, I think it's the brown coming through in the direct sunlight.
So that's my opinion on it, I could be dead wrong and it could just be a huge misread, but given all the nonsense that went on with the Superunknown's and especially the London Calling's, I can't say it would surprise me.
Let me know what you guys think!
UV400
Sr Member
Wow!!
Great detective work Wolfshire!!
You are right, there are definitely striations there, IMO too, enough compelling evidence to rule out the black.
Without your skill getting to the bottom of this, I would have dyed mine black! For avoiding the hassle of all that, you have my total gratitude!!
I had no idea that other model even existed, nor have I ever seen them up for sale second hand.
So I suppose in the abscence of owning that new found model, (which will probably be really hard to find), the tortoise frame with brown gradient lenses is going to be the closest match!
I feel a new pressure group forming for Initium to "bring back the brown striated British Steel's". Lol
That said, I'm going to be a lot happier now with my tortoise frames now!
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Zeingal
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I remember Initium using this picture for advertising in black and white, and always wondered where it came from.
Great Job, these are gonna be hard to find, and I don't think this version is planned to be released with the new version of the frame
I agree there, they definitely look similar! Makes more sense that the lenses were brown, against a kinda wooden looking frame too! Always thought it was weird that it was brown lenses on a black frame, doesn’t really make sense does it!!! Get onto Jason to recreate those too, sure he could add them to his new British steels!! Haha
Wolfshire
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I'm glad it's not just me! Sometimes I feel like the longer you stare at the same three pixels you start to see stuff that isn't there
On a couple of different notes, I remember a long while ago somebody brought up this half second shot in the very first Iron Man trailer.
Well I found a couple of on set pics from this scene
So if anyone is interested these are probably the best we'll get. I can tell you though that these are just protective welding glasses in shade #5 or above. I'm personally not into the protective gear eyewear like the Thorslabs either but I know a lot of people are so I wanted to share the findings.
and one final thing to help with the Robert Marcs, I found an instance of RDJ wearing them outside of the movie so it should give you an idea of what the actual lens color is.
and after lightening them a bit in photoshop and using the eyedropper tool to pick up colors it appears the interior of the arms are in the blue or pink spectrum, very very dark on that spectrum mind you because of how in shadow they are so that's a bit of a stretch, but I remember the only thing we heard from way back in the day was the RMs were supposedly brown frames with brown/aqua or light blue arms. This was on some celebrity sunglasses finder website like 10 years ago and isn't up anymore but that's probably the only lead we have to go on if it's even accurate. So my theory is they are either the Brown:Tort/Pink or Brown:Brown/Aqua-light blue. If anyone else can see anything else in there, maybe with 4k upscaled shots from the movie or something please share your findings.
On a couple of different notes, I remember a long while ago somebody brought up this half second shot in the very first Iron Man trailer.
Well I found a couple of on set pics from this scene
So if anyone is interested these are probably the best we'll get. I can tell you though that these are just protective welding glasses in shade #5 or above. I'm personally not into the protective gear eyewear like the Thorslabs either but I know a lot of people are so I wanted to share the findings.
and one final thing to help with the Robert Marcs, I found an instance of RDJ wearing them outside of the movie so it should give you an idea of what the actual lens color is.
and after lightening them a bit in photoshop and using the eyedropper tool to pick up colors it appears the interior of the arms are in the blue or pink spectrum, very very dark on that spectrum mind you because of how in shadow they are so that's a bit of a stretch, but I remember the only thing we heard from way back in the day was the RMs were supposedly brown frames with brown/aqua or light blue arms. This was on some celebrity sunglasses finder website like 10 years ago and isn't up anymore but that's probably the only lead we have to go on if it's even accurate. So my theory is they are either the Brown:Tort/Pink or Brown:Brown/Aqua-light blue. If anyone else can see anything else in there, maybe with 4k upscaled shots from the movie or something please share your findings.
Ken0415
Well-Known Member
I'm glad it's not just me! Sometimes I feel like the longer you stare at the same three pixels you start to see stuff that isn't there
On a couple of different notes, I remember a long while ago somebody brought up this half second shot in the very first Iron Man trailer.
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Well I found a couple of on set pics from this scene
View attachment 1256792 View attachment 1256793
So if anyone is interested these are probably the best we'll get. I can tell you though that these are just protective welding glasses in shade #5 or above. I'm personally not into the protective gear eyewear like the Thorslabs either but I know a lot of people are so I wanted to share the findings.
and one final thing to help with the Robert Marcs, I found an instance of RDJ wearing them outside of the movie so it should give you an idea of what the actual lens color is.
View attachment 1256794View attachment 1256795
and after lightening them a bit in photoshop and using the eyedropper tool to pick up colors it appears the interior of the arms are in the blue or pink spectrum, very very dark on that spectrum mind you because of how in shadow they are so that's a bit of a stretch, but I remember the only thing we heard from way back in the day was the RMs were supposedly brown frames with brown/aqua or light blue arms. This was on some celebrity sunglasses finder website like 10 years ago and isn't up anymore but that's probably the only lead we have to go on if it's even accurate. So my theory is they are either the Brown:Tort/Pink or Brown:Brown/Aqua-light blue. If anyone else can see anything else in there, maybe with 4k upscaled shots from the movie or something please share your findings.
Honestly at this point I'll want to have them just as an asset, thinking of getting the thorlabs for the exact same reason. If the brand is ID'd let me know I feel like it'd be good investment. Thanks y'all!
Zeingal
Active Member
If we're going into protective gear, there's also this shot. Just a few dollar pair, but technically, they're glasses worn by TS onscreen...I'm glad it's not just me! Sometimes I feel like the longer you stare at the same three pixels you start to see stuff that isn't there
On a couple of different notes, I remember a long while ago somebody brought up this half second shot in the very first Iron Man trailer.
View attachment 1256791
Well I found a couple of on set pics from this scene
View attachment 1256792 View attachment 1256793
So if anyone is interested these are probably the best we'll get. I can tell you though that these are just protective welding glasses in shade #5 or above. I'm personally not into the protective gear eyewear like the Thorslabs either but I know a lot of people are so I wanted to share the findings.
and one final thing to help with the Robert Marcs, I found an instance of RDJ wearing them outside of the movie so it should give you an idea of what the actual lens color is.
View attachment 1256794View attachment 1256795
and after lightening them a bit in photoshop and using the eyedropper tool to pick up colors it appears the interior of the arms are in the blue or pink spectrum, very very dark on that spectrum mind you because of how in shadow they are so that's a bit of a stretch, but I remember the only thing we heard from way back in the day was the RMs were supposedly brown frames with brown/aqua or light blue arms. This was on some celebrity sunglasses finder website like 10 years ago and isn't up anymore but that's probably the only lead we have to go on if it's even accurate. So my theory is they are either the Brown:Tort/Pink or Brown:Brown/Aqua-light blue. If anyone else can see anything else in there, maybe with 4k upscaled shots from the movie or something please share your findings.
Not very interesting though, that's probably why nobody has ever talked about it
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UV400
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You're on a roll Wolf!!I'm glad it's not just me! Sometimes I feel like the longer you stare at the same three pixels you start to see stuff that isn't there
On a couple of different notes, I remember a long while ago somebody brought up this half second shot in the very first Iron Man trailer.
View attachment 1256791
Well I found a couple of on set pics from this scene
View attachment 1256792 View attachment 1256793
So if anyone is interested these are probably the best we'll get. I can tell you though that these are just protective welding glasses in shade #5 or above. I'm personally not into the protective gear eyewear like the Thorslabs either but I know a lot of people are so I wanted to share the findings.
and one final thing to help with the Robert Marcs, I found an instance of RDJ wearing them outside of the movie so it should give you an idea of what the actual lens color is.
View attachment 1256794View attachment 1256795
and after lightening them a bit in photoshop and using the eyedropper tool to pick up colors it appears the interior of the arms are in the blue or pink spectrum, very very dark on that spectrum mind you because of how in shadow they are so that's a bit of a stretch, but I remember the only thing we heard from way back in the day was the RMs were supposedly brown frames with brown/aqua or light blue arms. This was on some celebrity sunglasses finder website like 10 years ago and isn't up anymore but that's probably the only lead we have to go on if it's even accurate. So my theory is they are either the Brown:Tort/Pink or Brown:Brown/Aqua-light blue. If anyone else can see anything else in there, maybe with 4k upscaled shots from the movie or something please share your findings.
Fantastic reference pictures and info!!
I found the picture of the 719's on my PC, that was used on that "Celebrity Sunglass Finder" website that has since vanished....
I've always thought the frame fronts looked a slightly different copper color to the metal brown temples in this shot.....
...but just put it down to the scene lighting.
Your new enhanced reference pic shows much better, the contrast in color between the frame front (almost red looking) and the metal brown temples...
Most 719's (I think) have the same color frame fronts as the temples...
Are we looking at some sort of limited edition or even a "one off" 719 colorway??
Incidentally, if anyone's interested, the grey t-shirt in your pictures is in the hanger scene here..
This was the only glimpse there was of it and could have been anything, so thanks again Wolf
clear reference pics of the 719's and lenses and a t-shirt I've been trying to ID for years..
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