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Trimming Ironman Sunglasses

These sunglasses fit Mary’s face and do a good job of keeping road grit out of her eyes, but she doesn’t like the extended earpieces. So I cut ’em off:

Ironman sunglasses - trimmed earpieces
Ironman sunglasses – trimmed earpieces

The trick is to shape the ends with an ordinary diagonal cutter, then round the edges with sandpaper.

The lower pair has seen a few years of use, during which the bright yellow plastic faded quite a bit.

Nothing profound, other than that you need not put up with nuisances.