DUMAS

DUMAS

NAMED FOR ALEXANDRE DUMAS ;: NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT.

REIMAGINED FROM THE MAX PITTION ARCHIVES : CONSTRUCTION THE SAME AS THE 1950’S FRAME BUT SUBSTITUTING JAPANESE TITANIUM FOR MATERIAL-COVERED MONEL.  HAND MADE IN JAPAN BY LEGENDARY CRAFTSMEN.

ROUND FRAMES WITH MID-CENTER CONNECTIONS AND A BOLD , ROUNDED BUMP NOSE. THE CONNECTIONS ARE SLOTTED AND MILLED VERTICALLY TO ACCEPT A CYLINDER HINGE INSERT. THE TEMPLE IS SLOTTED THROUGH : AND THE CYLINDER IS INSERTED FROM THE BOTTOM. THE CONFIGURATION IS HELD IN PLACE BY BOTTOM SCREW. THE ACTION IS PRE-DETERMINED BY THE SPECS OF THE PRESSED AND CONSTRUCTED UNITS.

THERE IS A PROTRUDING BAR THAT LOCKS THE CLOSURE ON THE CONNECTION WHEN OPENED.

THE TEMPLES START OUT WITH THE LOCKING BAR AND FOLD BACK THEN TAPER OUT INTO A 4-SIDED / MULTI-PRESSED AND TRIMMED SHAPE. AT THE BACK OF THIS SHAPE IS A CORE WIRE WELDED AND AN ACETATE “MODAN”TEMPLE PIECE SLIDES ON AND IS SCREWED IN PLACE FROM THE BACKSIDE WITH A CUSTOM “MAP SCREW”.

THE SHAPE AT THE FRONT IS SLIGHTLY ROUNDED BUT TAPERS TO A SLENDER BOW AND IS COMPLETED AT THE END WITH A SQUARED OFF TIP.

AN EDUCATED AND SCHOLARLY LOOK THAT HIDES SOME DEVIATIONS

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