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quattrocchi
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 Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:51 am Post subject:
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Here's a Safilo frame I'm to replicate:
<http://i3.tinypic.com/15d9ipv.jpg> front
Can any one please identify the model and age?
Can ypou make out the model no stamped here:
<http://i4.tinypic.com/15d9ceu.jpg> inside R temple
LIFO-111 (last in first out?)
TIFO-111
I doubt it's the frame dims as they are stamped inside the bridge.
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CatmanX
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:
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Who cares? It is ugly, dag city plus. It would be 30-40 years old and
well out of production.
New Zealand is pretty backwards, but this is ridiculous.
dr grant |
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Dr Judy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject:
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CatmanX wrote:
| Quote: | Who cares? It is ugly, dag city plus. It would be 30-40 years old and
well out of production.
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Hey, be careful what you call ugly!
I owned and proudly wore that very model circa 1974. Thought it was
something special and beautiful then!
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New Zealand is pretty backwards, but this is ridiculous.
dr grant |
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quattrocchi
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:32 am Post subject:
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In article <1151097631.990815.285480@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
Dr Judy <mpace99@rogers.com> wrote:
| Quote: | CatmanX wrote:
Who cares? It is ugly, dag city plus. It would be 30-40 years old
and well out of production.
Hey, be careful what you call ugly!
I owned and proudly wore that very model circa 1974. Thought it was
something special and beautiful then!
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Great. Do you recall the model number, or can you decipher what's
stamped on the right temple: <http://i4.tinypic.com/15d9ceu.jpg>? |
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Nicolaas Hawkins
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:32 am Post subject:
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On 23 Jun 2006 05:11:33 -0700, CatmanX <drgrant@ozemail.com.au> wrote in
<news:1151064693.564373.252350@r2g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>:
| Quote: | Who cares? It is ugly, dag city plus. It would be 30-40 years old and
well out of production.
New Zealand is pretty backwards, but this is ridiculous.
dr grant
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That was an unnecessary comment, and gratuitously offensive.
As a New Zealander I say to you: "*GET STUFFED!*, Seppo!" |
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Dr Judy
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:40 am Post subject:
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quattrocchi wrote:
| Quote: | In article <1151097631.990815.285480@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
Dr Judy <mpace99@rogers.com> wrote:
CatmanX wrote:
Who cares? It is ugly, dag city plus. It would be 30-40 years old
and well out of production.
Hey, be careful what you call ugly!
I owned and proudly wore that very model circa 1974. Thought it was
something special and beautiful then!
Great. Do you recall the model number, or can you decipher what's
stamped on the right temple: <http://i4.tinypic.com/15d9ceu.jpg>?
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don't remember the model, it was thirty years ago and I was a student.
There is no model # in your photo, just the word Italy.
Why do you want it?
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quattrocchi
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:
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In article <1151379635.349992.56300@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
Dr Judy <mpace99@rogers.com> wrote:
| Quote: | quattrocchi wrote:
Great. Do you recall the model number, or can you decipher what's
stamped on the right temple: <http://i4.tinypic.com/15d9ceu.jpg>?
don't remember the model, it was thirty years ago and I was a student.
There is no model # in your photo, just the word Italy.
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Then what are the characters *after* the word ITALY?
| Quote: | Why do you want it?
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I'm a jeweller and I make eyeglasses, and the owner of a broken Safilo
frame has commissioned me to make a gold frame based on it. I'll mimic
the general shape but make a stronger hinge and perhaps a stronger
bridge. I want to know what those letters mean, and what model it is,
just to complete the picture.
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tkopan1@yahoo.com
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:30 am Post subject:
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The series was called UFO followed by a style number. Sometimes, you
can advertise in an optical newspaper for older model frames.
Sometimes, there may be enough old parts at Safilo, the manufactuer, to
put together a whole frame or possibly they may have a whole frame in
stock. However, 25-30 years is a long time although some styles are
timeless. Remember the old rectangular plastic frame that Henry
Kissinger wore all the years he worked in the Nixon Administration?
Fortune by Liberty Optical - a frame style that lasted between 20-30
years. Today, I think the average life of a frame style is about a
year if you are lucky!
Dr. Tom
quattrocchi wrote:
| Quote: | Here's a Safilo frame I'm to replicate:
http://i3.tinypic.com/15d9ipv.jpg> front
Can any one please identify the model and age?
Can ypou make out the model no stamped here:
http://i4.tinypic.com/15d9ceu.jpg> inside R temple
LIFO-111 (last in first out?)
TIFO-111
I doubt it's the frame dims as they are stamped inside the bridge.
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CatmanX
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:49 am Post subject:
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STFU dumb coconut.
First I am Australian, second I can spell my name correctly.
Having been to NZ on many occasions, I can speak with authority on your
backwardness.
Besides, wait till the tri-nations and watch us kick your collective
asses.
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quattrocchi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:29 am Post subject:
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In article <1151458212.076336.24610@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<tkopan1@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | The series was called UFO followed by a style number.
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Thank you.
Brian
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Auckland NEW ZEALAND |
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CatmanX
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:
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That's not a UFO model. They were super thin for their time, like
stainless steel frames are today.
Why don't you try emailing safilo? Go to their web page or try
safilo.co.nz?
dr grant
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