The Burning Question: How do I choose the right frame for me? What materials are available, and what’s the difference between them? Although many have worn eyewear for years, terms like acetate eyewear, metal eyewear, white copper eyewear, tungsten carbon eyewear, and titanium eyewear still leave them confused most just pick based on style and make a purchase without a second thought.
Aoker here to break down their differences in simple terms, so you can easily master the skills to select the right material.
What are the main frame materials?
1. Acetate: The Treasure Material in Eyewear
Scientific name: Cellulose acetate. It has high raw material costs and strict manufacturing process requirements.
Product Features:
Strong texture, rich and glossy colors, warm touch, and hypoallergenic.
Representative Products:
Acetate eyewear is an eco-friendly material that won’t be affected or altered by human skin or bodily secretions. With high transparency, easy dyeing, comfortable touch, and timeless appeal, it offers creative flexibility for processing making final acetate eyewear vibrant and full of character. Our factory specializes in producing high-quality acetate eyewear, including handmade acetate sunglasses, acetate optical frames, and laminated acetate frames.
2. Tungsten Carbon Eyewear: A High-Tech Material in Recent Years
Widely used in medical, electronic, and aerospace fields.
Material Features:
Flexible and unbreakable, with sweat-resistant surfaces that won’t peel.
3. Metal Eyewear: The Current Fashion Favorite
Metal materials for frames are divided into three categories: copper alloys, nickel alloys, and precious metals.
Material Features:
Wear-resistant, hard, shiny, and fashion-forward in design.
Metal eyewear boasts hardness, flexibility, corrosion resistance, metallic luster, light weight, and comfort, with adjustable nose pads. Materials include nickel silver, stainless steel, titanium, memory metal, aluminum, monel frames, etc. We produce various metal eyewear styles, such as rimless, full-rim, and half-rim frames.
4.Pure Titanium Eyewear: The Noble Material in Eyewear
Titanium is used in aerospace and nuclear power generation, weighing 48% less than ordinary metal frames.
Material Features:
Both flexible and lightweight, non-fading, with delicate and slim designs.
5. Buffalo Horn Eyewear: 100% Natural Material
Purely natural, extremely lightweight, comfortable to wear, pleasant to the touch, and suitable for many with skin allergies.
Horn is a lightweight, comfortable, and beautiful frame material that commands a premium price. While Asian water buffalo horn is abundant, few manufacturers have the skill to transform it into eyewear. Only the most skilled artisans at top frame workshops can cut and polish horn materials to meet the standards of luxury eyewear.
As a professional eyewear supplier, we specialize in acetate eyewear, metal eyewear, and buffalo horn eyewear offering style, functionality, and premium craftsmanship.