Custom Carbon Fibre Juliets - my homage to this wonderful design

[discostu]

Superb work indeed and I would also love a pair of those!

 

[BigRabbit]

@Madgadget

Is your getting allot of interest, I guess @Wavecloud is can be second queue, because @Thx515000 mention "I like it a lot" refer to first in line .

Anyways if you have plans to make them to supply for O-Addiction members, let us know. I'm sure @SFFrog @YakuzaFloralGangsta @onz @Wesleypipesyo @Joshua Hanson @Linegear Japan @BigRabbit would like one for their collection.

I could see that on a PB1

 

[jdd32]

But, it does bring up a difficult question and it's this, for me, these were are my attempt at creating a set of my favourite X Metal frames, but in carbon fibre (which I love) in the way that I always envisaged and unfortunately Oakley never made .

If I were to make more of these, isn't that creating a copy/replica and therefore frowned upon? I'd really love you're opinions on this

I guess one way to get around the selling a replica if oakley ever wanted to hassle you over it sell as individual replacement parts say each replacement part is x $$ and then your not selling a whole frame. Oakley seems to have no problem with companies making aftermarket replacement parts.

It's not as simple as stating the mere fact these are parts and the legal team won't hound you.

Oakley still holds active patents on these models so any attempts of recreating and selling them would be skirting the legal dance with Oakley/Lux lawyers. They may turn a blind eye depending on how much you're benefiting their brand vs damaging it; or they may go all out and be nasty (eg. the case between IKEA furnitures vs IkeaHackers enthusiasts).

My gut feel is the old Oakley management are supporters of enthusiasts but the same probably can't be said with the change in management due to Lux recently taking over the reins of Oakley

 

[lacrossestix66]

Theses are absolutely beautiful!! Amazing work Madgadget, count me in on needing a pair of these if you ever make more. Especially if if your ever going to make other x-metals!

 

[Fresh]

Sign me up for a full set of “replacemente parts”
Pretty cool job man, I really hope you can get some extras built and pass them around here in the forum. Great job!

 

[Ventruck]

I'm not fluent in patent and copyrights, but I feel like the line gets blurred when it's custom. You're definitely safe making it for yourself.

Distribution is probably where the flags get raised, because now it can be said you'd benefit off an existing design. If you mass distribute it intended as a likewise product, probably not a good look. But as a made-to-order custom art piece....people make custom everything with likeness to existing products. I'm kinda just talking out of my ass/opinion, in the group that would be interested if you'd be making more.

 

[discostu]

Someone send this man some hammer stems!!!

Not a problem!

 

[Lupetto]

I can't wait to get my hands on the Romeo's though, I have been waiting for those for years ... will be scary though taking them apart

Actually Romeos are much easier than juliets to take apart. The nose doesn't have any internal flex couplers it's all easily accessible.

 

[Madgadget]

@jdd32 thank you for that, very useful info..

@lacrossestix66 thank you for the kind words, very much appreciated

@Ventruck your opinion is always useful and you did hit the nail on the head when you said 'custom art piece' because that is how I went into making these, I make other things in carbon fibre first and foremost from an 'art' perspective not a manufacturing or volume perspective.

I have been learning/trialling on how to get carbon fibre to do things I have not seen before from the 'artistic' point of view and never thought others would like them too.

That's exactly what I aimed for here, I tried to get these to be a work of art, mainly because I think that the original Oakley Juliets can never be bettered, but they can be honoured, hence my homage to a brilliant design, well so much of Oakley is brilliant in design

@Lupetto thank you for the knowledge on the Romeos, I love the look of them and I think I can make them in a very similar way, once I get my hands on them

 

[cacatman]

Can you put together a package deal for an XS, a Romeo and a Juliet? Because, I'm in!!! They look fantastic!!!