Hello folks

I've come across a pair of gascans(?) on fleabay. Now I cannot find anything like these on the web.

The seller states that they were given to a friend who worked at the head office, which always makes me dubious, however, I'm only aware of the white text ones given out to reps.

Anybody ever heard about what I would call digital camo (grey/green) and grey lenses on gascans?

cheers

It's hard to say exactly what it is. Without any documentation, I would have to treat them as a regular Gascan S hydrodipped in digi camo. IMO if word of mouth is all you have to go on, I would spend half that to buy a pair of Gascan S and have em dipped.

i thought so as well. never seen those before, i was gonna guess digital camo dip as well.

As a person who has a pair of Gascans hydro-dipped, I don't think that is what this is. My dipped glasses have it wrapped around the inside, where these are only printed on the outside. It almost looks like masking tape!

I agree. They look like someone put camo macking tape on them. Notice that one earstem on the inside has the camo coming up from the bottom and wrapping up near the temple but on the other side it isn't coming up that high at all? Oakley wouldn't do that.

Looks a little like this stuff:

http://www.acuarmy.com/army-acu-digital-%E2%80%9Ccamo-form%E2%80%9D-selfcling-camouflage-wrap-p-2782.html

Thanks guys. I thought the paintjob so to speak looked a little cheap to be original O stock.
I've emailed the seller for more info but thus far nothing. I like to give people the beneift of the doubt, but as he wants $300 for them, I reckon he knows they are dodgy and is looking for a mug.

Short answer:
I don't believe it's what the seller claims.

Long Answer:
This is a great case of caveat emptor. More customizers are using the exact same hydroprinting and chroming techniques that Oakley uses. The results will be as if it came from HQ itself. As such, there WILL be (and are) customizers claiming their pairs are factory customs when they really aren't. As an extremely pessimistic buyer, I always advise others to assume it's a custom rather than something that came from Oakley itself, unless of course you have definitive provenance which is always something difficult to obtain. I know I've passed up many rare looking pairs simply because there's no proof of authenticity.

There are actually two different customs discussed in this thread. The one-sided green camo Gascan is an obvious custom, and the auction states that.

The second one is a white digi camo Gascan S. That auction (which ended up being sold) claims the pair was received from someone from HQ. However, there was another pair with the EXACT same printing and the EXACT same patterning (making it practically impossible to be two different pairs) posted elsewhere. The owner of that pair stated he had it custom hydroprinted by a third party for $35...which of course contradicts his claim on eBay that it came from HQ.

Those who've seen his other posting can judge for themselves, but I'm pretty convinced it's not what he claims in the eBay auction.

great answer as always mr oak... thank you for that

I feel bad for the buyer of the Gascan S custom. He obviously bought the pair and paid the premium because of the HQ connection claim, only to have it revealed by the seller (on another forum) that it was indeed a custom and that he could've had it done cheap. Like I said, caveat emptor.

I agree completely Mr. Oak. But just out of curiosity, how do you hydroprint just one side of the stem? I thought the whole pair had to be dipped?

Not sure what process the one-sided green camo Gascan used. I just know the initial mentioned custom (white digi camo GC S) was hydroprinted.

Edit: watched the video for one of the one-sided customs, and the customizer said he used water transfer (hydro printing), so you don't need the whole thing printed apparently.

There may be a special approach - but I also know they could have easily just 'taped off' the other side of the earstems to gain the one-sided affect.