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Riccardo Bestetti Bespoke projects.

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Since a few months I have been thinking about ordering a stingray wholecut. Last saturday Riccardo was in Amsterdam with a few pieces of stingray. So we talked a bit about what I wanted and what he recommended.

We decided on a wholecut, made in goodyear with wooden pegging. The piping, laces, lining, waist of the sole and even the shoe trees will all be made in same colour purple. A very, very dark purple bordering on black. The diamond/pearl of the stingray will be on the tongue of the shoe.

I have asked Riccardo to update regularly with photo's so I could share them with you fellas. So here is the first bunch of pictures.

1) pieces are cut..

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pearl on the tongue..

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lacing closure..

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heel closure...

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Oops, I put in the wrong board. Could a moderator move this please?
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very very cool
 

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Awesome. Makes me want stingrays, and this coming for someone who generally hates exotics.
 

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Keep it here, I wanna see!
 

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are these black or dark brown?
 

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Originally Posted by luk-cha
are these black or dark brown?
They are black, but the colour changes a bit with lighting.
 

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looking forward to them.

always the gas station report in mind
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Originally Posted by fritzl
looking forward to them. always the gas station report in mind
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That 's where I selected the piece of stingray
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And my brothers first fitting.
 

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Originally Posted by Roy
They are black, but the colour changes a bit with lighting.

thort so!
 

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so what will the price on these be?
 

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