It’s almost sacrilegious not to consider titanium the magic metal. This material has revolutionized the way aircraft and spacecrafts are built, making them lighter, more flexible, and more durable. When mixed with other metals, titanium has many other industrial uses from coating glass windows to replacing tooth implants to making golf clubs. What I believe to be its greatest contribution is in the eyeglass industry and how it has transformed not only how eyeglass frames are made, but how people actually look at eyeglasses.
Titanium is as stain-free as stainless steel and is as non-corrosive because it is non-porous. This makes your eyeglasses resistant to the natural acids produced by sweat and dirt that will inevitably make contact with them. Owners of titanium glasses enjoy years of regular use as their frames will often look virtually the same as the day they bought them.
Eyewear of the past was usually resistant to changing its shape without the help of special equipment. Titanium made glasses solves this with its incredible malleability, yet still remaining flexible. Not only will you be able to shape it to conform to your unique features, but the glasses themselves will gradually take the shape of your features as well (similar to how shoes conform to the shape of your feet). You will often hear titanium preceded by the word ‘memory’ because of this property.
Your grandparents may have had small indentations on either side of the bridge of their noses due to the weight of their eyeglasses pressing relentlessly down on their nose pads. Titanium is 40% lighter than steel, which makes this problem a thing of the past. Because this material is so lightweight, users often forget they are wearing glasses, much less causing unsightly marks on their face.
Coloring used to be a problem because of titanium’s flexibility, but experimentation with polymers resulted in the ability of the paint to form a molecular bond to the metal. Today’s technology allows for a broad array of colors to choose from in their search for the right eyeglass frames.
Before titanium material became the standard in the industry, rimless frames presented a problem. Arms for rimless frames made from steel were often inflexible, making breakage a problem. Other materials were either too soft for the delicate nature of these frames or too strong, which made them to brittle to be considered. The titanium material revolutionized rimless glasses. Frames made with this material are not only strong and lightweight, but can be bent in many directions without breaking.
So welcome to the future of eyeglasses! Titanium steel has rooted a firm foundation in the optical world and is here to stay; and it is you the consumer who benefits!
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