Much Mahalo sir. Constantly working on my Valves. Here's my new set up.

ALOHA!!!

I don't see how someone could recreate a whole Valve themselves, and only make one. Someone testing their machining skills is already doubtful given how close it is in detail to a manufactured piece. But he/she would also have to be recreating something similar to O-matter and creating a Valve the exact way Oakley did. Casting marks are proof of that to me. Here's close-ups of the tips of the ear stem and its differences to a manufactured piece. Both are close in design. But there are slight but noticeable differences in the shape of both. Just like the piece that holds the nose rubber is similar in design. But that is also slightly different. To me it looks like a rough draft Valve.
- Lopaka KaMars

I was about to say that you don't need to replicate the whole thing, just the metal lug. The rest can be either reused parts or customized versions of them. But now that I take a closer look at the pics you re-posted, the fonts used, the nosebomb mounting, the finer details of cast marks vs. Oakley's, etc. look odd. Not that Oakley doesn't have many variations of fonts, nosebomb mountings or casting marks on any given model (I even made a post a while back about OTT "CE" and "Made in the U.S.A" markings), but I'm not sure I'd give the opinion that your Valve is authentic given its consistencies. But like I said, my opinion (any anyone else's for that matter) is useless without strong provonence from Oakley. Good luck on your quest to uncover your mystery. - Oak

Roger that. I figured that's what you meant. And that's why I threw out the small differences in the O-matter as well. Yes I called it O-matter. Bends like it. Lol. Much Mahalo for your comments.

I don't see how someone could recreate a whole Valve themselves, and only make one. Someone testing their machining skills is already doubtful given how close it is in detail to a manufactured piece. But he/she would also have to be recreating something similar to O-matter and creating a Valve the exact way Oakley did. Casting marks are proof of that to me. Here's close-ups of the tips of the ear stem and its differences to a manufactured piece. Both are close in design. But there are slight but noticeable differences in the shape of both. Just like the piece that holds the nose rubber is similar in design. But that is also slightly different. To me it looks like a rough draft Valve.

The way this country is going, why would you want roots holding you down.

And collectors don't worry. I'm not wearing this pair, and am planning on keeping it locked away just in case this is a one-off of some kind. Yes it's a shelf whore and I don't like shelf whores. But I love Valve 1.0's and love the idea I may have a piece of Oakley history on my collection.

Well I don't have photos from last night. But because I had a beater Ducati Valve coming in yesterday, I figured it was guaranteed that the lens is Oakley as long as the word Ducati was on it, So I decided to do a lens swap with the 'proto' Valve 1.0. And found out that the 'proto' frame is exactly the same size, as the polarized lens that was in this frame fit nicely in the Ducati frame. To me, this test makes this pair even less likely to be a fake. Does this Valve have the experts stumped?

So far no ones said anything. One OF guy doesn't think it's fake and neither do I. It's far too exacting on the details to be the work of a counterfeiter. I've never seen a fake Valve 1.0. Yet.

Wasn't about to strip any lugs that are still in great to new condition. That's why the last two pairs have the factory lugs.

Metallic Blue with Fuse Chrome

I already put that pair back together so no parts are lost, and put it away for safe keeping. Not sure if there's any good non-intrusive test other than the scratching glass test. As heavy as it feels, I want to rule out aluminum. I am an electrician that deals with copper and aluminum wires. And I am fully aware of the weight difference between the two. I believe if that piece were aluminum it would be a little lighter than what it feels like now.

My guess is the lug is made of titanium. But how do you test that without damaging the finish.

The lug with the blueish looking ear stem, was me trying to see if my regular Valve ear stem will fit, and sure enough it did. So this Valve can swap parts. At least that crazy metal lug.