Blackfin Sunglasses

It is 1971

Maria Pramaor starts up

a company and gives it her name, and so begins a story that is still unfolding today.
It was a very different Italy in the 1960s, although something has remained the same. Even then there was an area famous for its eyewear and the care with which it was produced. Agordo is its name ad this is where, in 1971, Maria Pramaor opened up her very own frame-making workshop, after nine years as an employee in the industry. This was the first chapter of an exciting story, a tale of passion, skills and deep commitment. Because if you haven’t always had certain values, you will never have them.

Standing out
from the others

By the 1990s we had already started working with titanium, to carve out our own path.
In the 1980s the majority of frames were made of ordinary metal and acetate, and almost no one had thought of making titanium frames. In 1991 Maria Pramaor and her husband Primo Del Din, started working with titanium, to create something different from their competitors. They sent their technical experts off to Japan, set up a small department just for this material and began accumulating that know-how that is still the hallmark of every Blackfin titanium frame.

Pure titanium

Each frame is made only
of Japanese titanium, but it is worked entirely in Italy.

We have been working with this amazing metal for decades, making it difficult, if not downright impossible to find anyone who does it better than us or who simply knows it better than we do. This is why we go all the way to Japan to buy the best batches of raw titanium from certified producers, guaranteeing us the purest and most perfect raw material. It is this conscious choice that, better than anything else, demonstrates our desire to create top quality eyewear without letting ourselves be restrained by limits, obstacles or distance.

Complex simplicity

Design perfection is not achieved by accident: time, research and much hard work is needed.

If you want to create a superb product there are no shortcuts, there is only one road to take. A Blackfin model starts life as a concept, which then becomes a sketch, eventually being transformed into a prototype. On the way there are technical tests, colour-matching experiments and endless adjustments until we arrive at an object that is both technically and aesthetically superb. We only stop when the result of this long journey lives up to the original idea, and we feel our efforts have been rewarded.

Our space
Our premises reflect who we are,
they reflect our values
and communicate our care
for people.