**Daiwa TLX004** **Two front designs that don’t interfere with each other! High-quality polarized lenses by TALEX!** When you want to visualize everything you manipulate underwater in three dimensions, you’ll see the true essence of these sunglasses! □ **LENS by TALEX:** TALEX’s uncompromising commitment to what is required of polarized lenses is shared by DAIWA’s manufacturing philosophy that appeals to the five senses. The polarized filter—the core of a polarized lens—uses a special filter only 0.03 mm thick. To maximize its performance, ultra-clear lens material was carefully selected—so transparent you barely notice it—then the filter is sandwiched inside. In addition to optical performance that suppresses wobble and distortion, the lenses cut harmful UV rays while also reducing glare reflected off the water’s surface. TALEX handles everything in-house from dyeing to molding. These polarized glasses are the result of a fusion between DAIWA’s fishing experience and TALEX’s lens expertise and dedication. □ **DESIGNED by BOSTON CLUB:** Fishing requires the ability to judge situations instantly. BOSTON CLUB, highly regarded for premium, high-performance eyewear, refocused on the angler’s act of “seeing” and reexamined the frame design from the ground up. The integrally molded β-titanium front brow, manufactured with advanced technology, is designed so that wearing tension does not affect the lenses. They completed a highly challenging design: setting the lenses at an optically optimal angle while shaping the frame to match the curves of the face. The temples use rubber-like end tips (“moderns”) that provide an exquisite hold without hindering lens performance. This is a frame designed to let you “see” what you need to at the fishing spot without stress. **Surface treatments** **IP (Ion Plating):** A surface-treatment technology established by NASA. A very hard film such as titanium nitride is deposited onto the treated item (frame) to protect the surface physically and chemically. It gained attention for use on the surface treatment of the lunar rover in the Apollo program. **P.d (Palladium plating):** One type of precious-metal plating. Palladium has a low tendency to ionize, is chemically stable, and is a metal that readily deposits by reduction. Because the metal itself is expensive, plating thickness has a large impact on cost compared with other plating types; therefore it is a technically demanding plating process, requiring strict specifications such as thickness designation and partial plating. Titanium, commonly used in eyeglasses, was once considered difficult to plate with good adhesion due to its properties, but through repeated trial and error it became possible to plate directly onto titanium. **DEMI dyeing:** Originally from Latin meaning “half/partial,” with the same meaning in French. As a dyeing method, dipping is performed as with coating-film dyeing; like textile printing, dye and carrier are mixed into a paste, the paste is applied in a mottled pattern on the frame, and by leaving it in hot water, the dye in the paste dyes the plastic. An effect of this dyeing is half-coloring that cannot be achieved during molding. Because it is post-dyeing, it can accommodate small lots, and there is no color variation caused by resin thickness. (Only **MAGENTA DEMI** is dyed using the opposite method.) --- ■ **TLX004 Materials** Lens: **TALEX PPL75** / **6-base curve** Frame: **TR90 (nylon) & Titanium** Size: Lens width **59.0 × 42.6 mm** / Front width **147.0 mm**