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We're not sure when the Outdoorsman first launched,
"....a favourite with active sportsmen..." - but the earliest
record we have of it is in this
1946 ad, alongside the
Shooter. This was when it was called the Skeet glass and
interestingly, they are saying, "It's back!" which refers
to all B&L's production being diverted for the war effort,
so it must have been previously made in the late 1930s.
Our pair looks to be from the 1950s or perhaps early 60s,
by which time it had been renamed the Outdoorsman.
It has the pearly swet-bar and matching nose pads which
are indicative of the late 1950s and through the 60s.
We have another Outdoorsman on these pages but these
have the original yellow Kalichrome glass lenses that
were introduced in the early 1950s. They were specifically
for making hazy days brighter abd giving the wearer
sharper vision for all that huntin', shootin' fishin' - read this
ad from 1955. And as an added bonus,
here is a photo
from the 1966 catalogue of a hunky male model wearing
the Outdoorsman in an alternative lens, the G31. Enjoy!
— klasik
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KlasikVintageEyewear
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product code : k5388 :
£ 195
1950s-1960s
gold fill frame marked
B&L
1/10 12K GF and B&L RAY-BAN USA
KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik
Original B&L
Ray-Ban Kalichrome glass lenses
condition
lenses : good - 7
frame : very good
fit : very good - cable arms
size
face : 132mm
lens width : 58mm
lens height : 32mm
arms : n/a - cable arms
lens spec
uv transmission % : 1
light transmission (LTF) % : 85
uv protection y/n : y
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