Letters : November 3

Size Matters

So it really was that quiet out there during August, enabling Gordon Ayling time to write regarding frame models with only one stock keeping unit (SKU) measurement (Optician, September 1).

This is a topic close to my heart as well. Norville was one of those last British frame makers to retain a host of frames with varying eye size, DBLs and colours, but where did it get us while the snappier continental suppliers came along with one-on-one? While putting more sizes into those cheaper and hence greater volume styles has a justification, those fancy models only selling penny numbers a month are a risk too far in multi-availability.