As Mike has stated, Jon did not gold plate these ones, because Mike wanted a weathered look to them, so he made them darker. If it sits off the face too much, just get rid of the nose guards, or push them out a little. The smallness issue...why has not anyone brought these to our attention before. He can make them bigger if you wish. Jon always strives for perfection, so if something is not right, let us, me in particular, know. This is the first time that I am hearing of this, and we have sold a lot of these... If you give us the right dimensions, he will fix the problem.
You probably never heard much about it because it's not that huge of an issue. The lens part of the frames are so slightly undersized that people probably thought it would be too hard to tweak it perfectly, so it's a "if it ain't broken don't try to fix it" type of thing. If he was able to make them a hair larger then that may be an improvement but making them too large would ruin them. I'm very happy with my pair as they are