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Shooting Glasses Identification
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:38 pm
by agm19
Hi all! Can anyone identify these shooting glasses?
I've been asked to find these glasses since I guess I'm known at my club to be able to find items based off a couple pictures, but this one has me stumped. Any info is appreciated!
Re: Shooting Glasses Identification
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:02 pm
by tangrou
Interesting, my google-fu isn't working as well. HiT feels like it would be a brand name but doesn't bring anything up.
Re: Shooting Glasses Identification
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:58 pm
by agm19
tangrou wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:02 pm
Interesting, my google-fu isn't working as well. HiT feels like it would be a brand name but doesn't bring anything up.
That’s what I thought too, but couldn’t find anything. I believe they’re somewhat popular among Korean shooters, but I can’t find anything outside of photos and blog posts from Korean optometrists having made prescription lenses.
Re: Shooting Glasses Identification
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:33 pm
by tangrou
Knowing it was korean seems to have been a big clue!
Searching for 'shooting glasses' (사격 안경) in Korean led me to a news article with a similar picture and a company called Clear Shield ( 클리어쉴드 )
https://www.clearshield.kr/index.cgi?pa ... e=product1
It's not exactly the same but pretty close I'd say. The glasses are listed on their product page, but it seems like there's no 'shop' page and you must request a quotation.
I searched a little more and found this blogpost that has what I think is the exact glasses you posted, minus the branding:
https://m.blog.naver.com/sense_korea/222744397510
From reading the auto-translated blog, it looks like the frame is from either 'IDEUN' or 'BULLSEYE' brand, modified by the glasses store in the blog to accept prescription lenses... A search for either brand (which is written in english in the blog) doesn't help, though so I'm stuck for the moment.
Re: Shooting Glasses Identification
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:17 am
by Th.
Re: Shooting Glasses Identification
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:35 am
by agm19
tangrou wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:33 pm
Knowing it was korean seems to have been a big clue!
Searching for 'shooting glasses' (사격 안경) in Korean led me to a news article with a similar picture and a company called Clear Shield ( 클리어쉴드 )
https://www.clearshield.kr/index.cgi?pa ... e=product1
It's not exactly the same but pretty close I'd say. The glasses are listed on their product page, but it seems like there's no 'shop' page and you must request a quotation.
I searched a little more and found this blogpost that has what I think is the exact glasses you posted, minus the branding:
https://m.blog.naver.com/sense_korea/222744397510
From reading the auto-translated blog, it looks like the frame is from either 'IDEUN' or 'BULLSEYE' brand, modified by the glasses store in the blog to accept prescription lenses... A search for either brand (which is written in english in the blog) doesn't help, though so I'm stuck for the moment.
That's about where I got to as well.
Here's the first blog post I found, which had the best photos:
https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?b ... otoView=18
And here's another optometrist's post with the same glasses, but in black and from a member of the national team:
https://blog.naver.com/isaac_glasses/223515690567
Neither post has anything about a company, if they're custom made, or even if they're a Korean National Team exlusive, which I kind of doubt since they've been seen at US shoots as well. I feel like at this point I've exhausted all of my usual online ways of searching, so I was hoping someone on the forum would have some info.
I'll actually be in Korea for school soon, so I'll search more in person if nothing else comes from the online forensics.
Those, as well at the Knobloch K5s, came up early in the search. But I was asked to keep looking.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:38 am
by KZMNT
These look like the exact glasses that Oh Ye-Jin used in the Paris Olympics. That korean blog post was made in march of 2024, so it technically would line up.
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 11:06 am
by agm19
KZMNT wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:38 am
These look like the exact glasses that Oh Ye-Jin used in the Paris Olympics. That korean blog post was made in march of 2024, so it technically would line up.
I believe Yang Ji-in was also wearing them, but a version without the top bar. I’m starting to believe they’re a Korea only product, and maybe pretty exclusive to just the national team and their peers. Buuut there’s a picture of a shooter wearing them at Winter Airgun this past December that keeps messing with that conclusion.
Either way, I’ll definitely ask around when I’m in Seoul and update here if I find anything.