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Every Blackfin frame is titanium: the front is milled from a single block of pure titanium, and the temples are cut from beta-titanium half a millimetre thick.

Founded
1971
From
Agordo, Italy
Made in
Italy

Fit guide: Blackfin titanium, by eye size

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About Blackfin

Every Blackfin frame is titanium. Blackfin describes the front as milled from a single block of pure titanium and the temples as ultraflexible 0.5mm beta-titanium, and each frame is designed and made entirely in Italy, in Agordo in the Dolomites. Blackfin belongs to Pramaor, the company Maria Pramaor started in 1971 when she opened her own frame workshop in Agordo. In 1991 she and her husband, Primo Del Din, turned to titanium, sending their technical experts to Japan and setting up a department just for the material. Blackfin says it has never moved out of Agordo, and its titanium frames are still made there.

Blue runs through much of the range, so Blackfin sits prominently on our blue frames page.

What the titanium build means

It means a light frame. Blackfin says its titanium is as tough as steel but weighs 40% less, and is twice as strong as aluminium. The temples and bridge are cut from beta-titanium only half a millimetre thick, and patented temple tips let an optician shorten the temples to fit. The brand states that its titanium contains no nickel and is biocompatible, and each frame is engraved inside with a unique code and serial number. These titanium eyeglasses sit with our metal frames; the Edgartown is semi-rimless, with a thread holding the lower edge of the lens.

Shapes are round, square, cat-eye, geometric and rectangular. The Blackfin fit guide sorts every model by size. Each ships as a frame, free and insured within the US, for your own optician to glaze.

Are Blackfin frames titanium?

Yes, all of them. Blackfin describes the front as milled from a single block of pure titanium and the temples as 0.5mm beta-titanium, a more flexible alloy. Pramaor, the company behind Blackfin, turned to titanium in 1991; the brand buys its titanium in Japan and works it in Italy (blackfin.eu/en-us/titanium).

Where are Blackfin glasses made?

In Agordo, in the Italian Dolomites, where Maria Pramaor opened her own frame workshop in 1971. Blackfin says everything it makes is conceived and produced in Italy and that it has never moved out of Agordo, which is why every Blackfin frame here is on our Made in Italy page. The titanium know-how came from Japan: in 1991 Pramaor sent its technical experts there and set up a department just for the material (blackfin.eu/en-us/neomadeinitaly).

How much do Blackfin titanium glasses weigh?

Blackfin publishes weights by model and size. We have no brand figure for the Rye or the Catalina.

Can Blackfin temples be adjusted or shortened?

Yes. The temples are 0.5mm beta-titanium, which Blackfin calls ultraflexible, and its patented temple tips let the temples be shortened by hand to fit (blackfin.eu/en-us/titanium). Your optician can do both when fitting your lenses. Each frame ships as a frame for your own optician to glaze, and our lens guide explains the lens options.

Are Blackfin frames hypoallergenic?

The brand says so. Blackfin states that its pure titanium and beta-titanium are nontoxic and biocompatible and contain no residues of nickel or other heavy metals, and its product pages describe each frame as biocompatible, hypoallergenic and nickel-free (blackfin.eu/en-us/titanium).

How do I know a Blackfin frame is genuine?

Blackfin engraves the inside of each frame with a unique code and an individual serial number to guarantee its origin (blackfin.eu/en-us/titanium). Ours arrive new and unworn, with demonstration lenses in place for your optician to replace with your prescription.

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Blackfin belongs to Pramaor, the company Maria Pramaor started in 1971 when she opened her own frame workshop in Agordo, a town at the heart of Italy’s eyewear district.

In 1991 Pramaor and her husband, Primo Del Din, turned to titanium, sending their technicians to Japan to learn the material and setting up a department for it. That knowledge became Blackfin: titanium frames designed and made entirely in Italy.

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Frames
12

All eyeglasses

Eye sizes
44–55 mm

The first number printed inside the left arm

Made from
Metal

Round, square and geometric

A few of the Blackfin frames here

The Blackfin models here

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Model Colours Size Lens height Shape Material Fit
Brookwood Tropical Blue / Shadow Dark Blue BF1004 1532 52-20-145 41 Square Metal Average
Catalina Forest Green / Anodized Yellow BF1034 1641Plum Purple / Shiny Oxide Purple BF1034 1642 51-20-140 38 Round Metal Average
Edgartown Storm Navy Blue / Electric Green BF994 1500 55-16-145 36 Rectangular Metal Wide
Esbjerg Antique Dark Blue BF811 1325 45-22-145 38 Round Metal Narrow
Madeline Dahlia Purple / Pearl Pink BF1068 1679Ultramarine Green / Polar Light Blue BF1068 1743 52-18-145 32 Cat-eye Metal Average
Rye Reflex Blue / Gunmetal Gray BF1006 1536Army Green BF1006 1300 44-22-145 40–42 Round Metal Narrow
Samoa Byzantine Purple / Virtual Pink / Olympic Blue BF1047 1727 50-19-145 35 Geometric Metal Average
Sitka Burgundy Red / Shadow Dark Blue BF1051 1667 48-19-150 39 Geometric Metal Average
Skagen Alpine Green / Hunter Green BF1050 1672 53-18-145 41 Square Metal Wide

Size is eye, bridge and temple in millimetres, as printed inside the arm; lens height is from each listing. Only frames in stock are listed: a colour that sells leaves the table, and so does a model when its last colour goes.

  1. Titanium since 1991

    Pramaor has specialised in titanium for more than thirty years.

  2. Made in Agordo

    Design and production stay in the Dolomites.

  3. Nickel-free titanium

    The brand describes its frames as nickel-free and hypoallergenic.

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