Check out these glasses that require you to pierce your nose

[Jebus_H.Christ]

James Sooy and Oliver Gibson have come up with Pierced Glasses - the most minimalist eyewear since the Pince-nez glasses that clip onto your nose was invented in the 1840’s.
Here’s the step-by-step:

* Get pierced - an internally-threaded barbell that goes through the skin above the bridge of your nose
* Use a tabletop mill to cut the L-shaped metal pieces that screw onto the barbell
* Attach rare earth magnets to the glasses; these hold the glasses on.
* Don't get rid of the bridge pieces; they let the lenses sit on your nose and take the actual weight of the lenses. 

This link has pictures:
http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20041214.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060522/sc_space/newglassesrequirepiercingbridgeofnose

[Jman]

I think for this, the first thing I thought of was your username!

[YaWanna]

Wouldn’t lasik be a whole lot easier?

[NailBunny]

That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen all day, thanks for the link!
cursing the fact that I don’t need glasses

[Zabali_Clawbane]

Well, considering that it looks like they put the peircing though bone I’d think it increases the chance for infection. I don’t want to imagine a fist fight in those, much less a car wreck!

[Sunspace]

@YaWanna

Wouldn’t lasik be a whole lot easier?

This is Art. It’s not about… “easy”.

Actually, I was thinking they didn’t look half-bad. But I imagine they would flap in the breeze. I should run the idea past my optometrist.

@NailBunny

That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen all day, thanks for the link!
cursing the fact that I don’t need glasses

You could get null-prescription lenses, just for the look…

[Anaamika]

So…do you keep the studs in all the time, or what? I mean you’d have to take them off for bed, wouldn’t you?

And I second the comment about piercing through bone. Let me repeat that. Piecring through bone! Eeeyugh…that’s a big no-no.

[Jebus_H.Christ]

@Zabali_Clawbane

Well, considering that it looks like they put the peircing though bone I’d think it increases the chance for infection. I don’t want to imagine a fist fight in those, much less a car wreck!

I don’t think it is going through bone. Look at the two pictures that are kind of from the side. It look like there is a bulge over the bone.

[Zabali_Clawbane]

@Jebus H. Christ

I don’t think it is going through bone. Look at the two pictures that are kind of from the side. It look like there is a bulge over the bone.

Ok, even so those things are screwed to your face. There would be no way to get them off your face quickly if someone was throwing a punch at you, and I can’t imagine what it would be like in a car wreck. :eek: No thank you!

[NailBunny]

No, it is not through bone. I have many friends who’ve had that piercing for years, through the skin across the bridge of the nose. I just think it’s a cool way to expand on an existing piercing.

I definitely hear you about not wanting to be wearing those in a fight though!! One of the main reasons I’ve never picked a fight since getting my lip pierced 11 years ago, probably.

[panamajack]

Yes, what do you do if a meteor that size could destroy the earth?

[Guinastasia]

Aaaah! Those look incredibly disturbing. I like to be able to take my glasses off quickly if I have to. And what if you have a small child who likes to pull your glasses off?! :eek:

[Anaamika]

@Guinastasia

Aaaah! Those look incredibly disturbing. I like to be able to take my glasses off quickly if I have to. And what if you have a small child who likes to pull your glasses off?! :eek:

Or a bird? My parrot used to love to pull my glasses off all the time.

[saoirse]

@NailBunny

That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen all day, thanks for the link!
cursing the fact that I don’t need glasses

Two words: Safety Glasses. Any time you feel like a little bench work, you’re ready.

[Sunspace]

@panamajack

Yes, what do you do if a meteor that size could destroy the earth?

It would have to be made of neutronium or someithing, rights? A meteor the size of those glasses just isn’t very big.

I suppose it could be moving really really fast…

[Nanoda]

Ah yes. Pierce-nez. :dubious:

[Miller]

Those are fucking awesome! At least, the idea is. I’ve got reservations about the design. Being able to easily remove the lenses would be key. Some sort of break-away mechanism, in the case of fist fight/car wreck/friendly parrot would also be crucial. I think the ideal would be a ball-and-socket joint that you could snap onto an already-exsisting barbell piercing, and which would pop off if stress were applied to them. That way, you could also adjust them more easily. But that’d take a fair bit of skill as a machinist, and probably more sophisticated equipment than this guy has.

Still, sweet idea.

[Sunspace]

@Nanoda

Ah yes. Pierce-nez. :dubious:

Oh dear Og.

:: runs away screaming ::

[Sunspace]

@Miller

Those are fucking awesome! At least, the idea is. I’ve got reservations about the design. Being able to easily remove the lenses would be key. Some sort of break-away mechanism, in the case of fist fight/car wreck/friendly parrot would also be crucial. I think the ideal would be a ball-and-socket joint that you could snap onto an already-exsisting barbell piercing, and which would pop off if stress were applied to them. That way, you could also adjust them more easily. But that’d take a fair bit of skill as a machinist, and probably more sophisticated equipment than this guy has.

Still, sweet idea.

A ball-and-socket mechanism wouldn’t prevent the outer ends of the lenses from flapping towards and away from the face, though. You’d need some angular rigidity.

[Miller]

@Sunspace

A ball-and-socket mechanism wouldn’t prevent the outer ends of the lenses from flapping towards and away from the face, though. You’d need some angular rigidity.

I think it would work if it were a tight enough fit. Which is a problem, admittedly. I don’t know how standardized those barbell piercings are. I mean, I know they come in different sizes, but if you get two that are supposed to be the same size, how uniform are they going to be?