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    Can you help identify these antique nose pads?

    An elderly customer dug out her all time favorite glasses and asked if I can restore it. I like challenges like this. The first thing I need to figure out is where to source these nose pads. The metal arms have holes that are about 2mm in diameter. Is this a 2-piece nose pads?
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    You can try Mcray Optical......the nose pad you need is a silicon one. They were made in different diameters, which controlled the post diameter.

    Good luck!
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    A 9mm round mushroom pad might fit:

    https://www.dynamiclabs.net/collecti...icone-nosepads

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    Looks like a LINDBERG acetanium frame. Yes they are a 2 piece nose pad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kwill212 View Post
    Looks like a LINDBERG acetanium frame. Yes they are a 2 piece nose pad.
    Nice to learn!

    Never saw one and that hole for a standard silicone pad looked much too small.

    It would've been harder to insert than a soaped Ovvo pad!

    Meme that anyone???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kwill212 View Post
    Looks like a LINDBERG acetanium frame. Yes they are a 2 piece nose pad.
    Bingo! This is the answer.

    I found a pair of on eBay for US$25 (CAD$35). ONE PAIR. I don't care I guess, customer wants it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by salvadorjoshua View Post
    Bingo! This is the answer.

    I found a pair of on eBay for US$25 (CAD$35). ONE PAIR. I don't care I guess, customer wants it.
    Which is ludicrous since Lindberg gives them to dealers for free, as many as they want to order. If Lindberg finds out who that account belongs to, I'm sure they will have their account closed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kwill212 View Post
    Which is ludicrous since Lindberg gives them to dealers for free, as many as they want to order. If Lindberg finds out who that account belongs to, I'm sure they will have their account closed.
    Sounds like the OP is not a Lindberg dealer and if they are being sold as a side hustle from a dealer who is risking his account more power to them.

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    I'm not sure how a Lindberg frame could be called antique.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CME4SPECS View Post
    I'm not sure how a Lindberg frame could be called antique.
    It cant be. One could call it vintage , maybe. It is an old style of Lindberg frame. I would guess it is a 1013 frame which was discontinued in 2015. But, this has the old style of nose pads so it's probably closer to 20 years old.

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