Sunglasses/Oakley experts, I need help identifying these.

[GuntahKela]

I've been told repeatelly these are Oakley. If they are Oakley, they have got to be from the 1990s. These pics were taken in 1999/2000.

Looks familiar?

 

[ralphee]

Been a while since i looked at oakleys since i got my X frames, but a stab in the dark, maybe sub zeros? They also share a similar shape to eye jackets, maybe ful metal jackets? Sorry i cant help more.

lee

 

[pinder91]

They are pretty similar to my old pair of eye jackets.

 

[YenChih Lin]

looks like frog eyes (frog skin), I'm not sure...

 

[Rylo]

I was gonna say; they look more like Older Frogskins to me.

 

[JoMamma_Smurf]

They look like the latest...but short lived version of the eye jackets...If they are oakley...I'll find em.

 

[CTF]

Yeah, they're Oakleys... at least the design is from a pair of Oakleys. I had a pair exactly like these back in '96 (or even earlier). But not long after that a whole lot of cheap knock-offs showed up. Not even close in quality though - some of these had the O, but most didn't (as your reference pic doesn't).

EDIT: Thinking 'bout it when I hit post, I remembered that Ryan Nyquist, a BMX rider, who was sponsered by Oakley for near on a decade (not sure if he is now?) wore these while he rode - up until about '99. Then he wore a pair almost the same, but more teardrop at the sides. I cannot remember the model name though... :unsure

 

[ralphee]

I gotta stick with eye jackets, especially going back to the first pic, i had a pair and they look so alike, didnt the full metal jacket differ slightly to the plastic frames? I do remember Nyquist wearing something similar too, old 20" roots here lol.

lee

My buddy still has a pair of eye jackets of the latest evo at the time (around '99 roughly), they revised the "o" on the arms i believe but the design stayed true from what i remember.

 

[EVO3]

i did a search on google and these are what came up under Eye Jackets. they seem to be the ones.

 

[GuntahKela]

<div class='quotetop'>(EVO3 @ Oct 17 2006, 10:59 AM) [snapback]1339593[/snapback]</div>

i did a search on google and these are what came up under Eye Jackets. they seem to be the ones.

[/b]

Hey, where do you come from? lol

Well, the look is pretty close, but no cigar. The shades in the pics have markings over the nose, and the nosebridges do not match. If those shades are Oakleys, they must be some old Eye jacket design. This find does make a great lead. Thanks.

 

[CTF]

The Oakley on the bridge of the nose was printed (from memory), at least on the pair I had.

The knock-offs (loads of guys in school had 'em) were soft in the details (almost flat in some areas), so I reckon they were used as the base for the above stuff.

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I do remember Nyquist wearing something similar too, old 20" roots here lol.
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Chur... didn't know there was another BMXer on here (plenty of skaters on here though). B) I've slowed down on the crazy stuff (not that I was very good at it), but I still love a good street jam and doing wheelies, surfing and funky chickens - the old school stuff. I've met Nyquist twice, the first time I hung out with him for a couple of days in Tauranga at a dirt jam, where he rode and Mirra was the "judge". He's hellacool (as is Mirra). Still got some ol' 8mm and VHS-C footage of it. He signed my Hoffman Evel Knievel too.

 

[ralphee]

<div class='quotetop'>(CTF @ Oct 18 2006, 08:27 AM) [snapback]1340267[/snapback]</div>

The Oakley on the bridge of the nose was printed (from memory), at least on the pair I had.

The knock-offs (loads of guys in school had 'em) were soft in the details (almost flat in some areas), so I reckon they were used as the base for the above stuff.

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I do remember Nyquist wearing something similar too, old 20" roots here lol.
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Chur... didn't know there was another BMXer on here (plenty of skaters on here though). B) I've slowed down on the crazy stuff (not that I was very good at it), but I still love a good street jam and doing wheelies, surfing and funky chickens - the old school stuff. I've met Nyquist twice, the first time I hung out with him for a couple of days in Tauranga at a dirt jam, where he rode and Mirra was the "judge". He's hellacool (as is Mirra). Still got some ol' 8mm and VHS-C footage of it. He signed my Hoffman Evel Knievel too.
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Raaaaad. lol. Yeah ive met Ryan too and Dave, they were at the bike show over here a few years back tearing it up, although Dave did back out on a canyon flair across the quarters that me and the guys were goading him to do, tut sponsored riders indeed lol. I raced in my youth, then got into trails, i dont ride nowadays sadly, but i still got my PK ripper and S&M challenger hehe, these two got plenty of dolphin and bird action. I never went sick really, took me a while to pull supermans, but slow lazy inverts its a trail boss move man lol. Nice to meet ya sir.

Yes the nose was printed on the eye jackets, i remember mine wearing thin.

lee