Posts by Mike147

Quote:Originally Posted by mimo This. Trying to avoid customs duties by writing "gift" was silly.  If you'd written the truth, something like "goods returned to country of origin for repair", they shouldn't have been liable anyway....

Shipping from the USA to Austria - Getting from Point A to Point B without getting into a bureaucratic mess: I had some problems after recently shipping a pair of shoes for repair back to Austria (from my home in the US - I shipped via...

Shipping from the USA to Austria - Getting from Point A to Point B without getting into a bureaucratic mess: I had some problems after recently shipping a pair of shoes for repair back to Austria (from my home in the US - I shipped via...

Quote:Originally Posted by ezlau Are you referring to how my feet fits? My asian feet fits fine in a UK7F (I usually wear UK7.5) except that my pink toe is crushed on a normal width, so I had Phillip add some width to the toe box....

Quote:Originally Posted by ezlau They are meant to be tight. My new pair that just came actually fits very tight compared to my other pair that I bought used on eBay. You will notice that each pair of shoe tree is actually made...

Quote:Originally Posted by sstomcat Just wanted something different, heard a lot about them and their heritage so wanted to have something in person. Very nicely done! Were these bespoke or RTW? Would you mind telling us what...

Quote:Originally Posted by PhiPsi32 1000€ total with last? That's good. That includes shoe trees as well. This is worth some investigation for sure - plenty of good posts and articles online for Maftei. I was in Vienna doing this...

Quote:Originally Posted by Roguls Mike, what's the cost of a Maftei bespoke? For Calf, Maftei will run you around EURO 1000 including VAT. That includes EURO 100 for the last..

Quote:Originally Posted by Roguls I agree, Aldens are not worth 1100 bucks. But the modified last is the only RTW banana-last made, period. Vass had a banana last that they discontinued. If the ML fits like a glove, the big bucks...

Quote:Originally Posted by Roguls Because cordovan is Anatomica-pricing. Cordovan is an option, at 1100+. At that price point, you may want to just bite the bullet and get a pair from Anatomica. When you hit $1100+ for a pair of...