With Jake I let the hair on his nose just grow long, I figure its better to have the side shaft of hair rub against his eye than have it being poked and stabbed by a cut off end.
I do, however, give him very fine eyelash type hair on the top of his eyes so that when his hair is down it pushes it outwards.
It took about a year (Jakes hair grows really slowly) for there to be enough weight to hold it out of his eyes, and I still find myself brushing hair away from his eyes with my fingers / picking out the gunk on a morning but most of the time it is weighted down enough so it isn't rubbing against his eyeball during the day.
As you can see his hair does stand up a bit on his nose (I think its because his sister likes to chew on his mustache and keeps it shortish) but its away from the eye ball.
Obviously I'm not a "traditionalist" when it comes to grooming, I don't like the shaved ears (although I completely remove the hair on the inside to reduce weight and keep it clear & clean) but thats what works for us.