The Ultimate "HARDCORE" Shoe Appreciation Thread (Bespoke only)

[Son Of Saphir]

Cross post from Japanese shoes thread: Received my fourth bespoke pair from Yohei Fukuda. An adelaide model he has made for previous bespoke customers which I really loved, and managed to find the perfect brown leather for it, IMO. Fit is really good, and think they look amazing. A bunch of pics (more can be found on my blog):

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Perfect looking shoes. ?
How does fit compare to Main d'Or/Eiji Murata?

Me on waiting list to try new man,
he once work at Foster & Sons and Roberto Ugolini.
Mystery shoemaker.
He do trial shoe and cut it open.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Son of Saphir post! Nice!

 

[Son Of Saphir]

Son of Saphir post! Nice!

He say he best at last making and pattern making and design,
he say he make good shoe when he concentrate,
he say french bespoke more good and he not in top 5 in world,
he say he do good job with good fit.
He do patina work.
He do bevelled waist and all the good thing
Me like him,
he seem very very good.
He measure my feet.
He make wooden last from block of wood.


He make me double brogue monk strap in same colour.
It look very very good.
Me get more ltalian shoe in collection like this. ?

Me really want it in green colour,
but it hard to match with clothing.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

He say you should get it in green colour
just for display

 

[takashi78]

me say you should get it
do it

 

[Son Of Saphir]

He say you should get it in green colour
just for display

Me did think like that at first to put on display,
but me change mind,
me want to use it

me say you should get it
do it

Yes,
me look at many many green shoe all day long,
me try to find green that is very very good,
me want green antique double monk,
me think it could be very very good,
me always like green shoe.

This good color to,
me think about it to,
see,
it the double brogue monk,


you see it better here,
but me want it more green,
me have many many idea,

 

[Son Of Saphir]

This very good color,
and more light at toes.
It will look very very good on Italian double brogue monk

 

[patrickBOOTH]

@Son Of Saphir I am very curious, what do you do for work, if anything?

 

[clee1982]

My first pair of Cleverleys. Arrived yesterday afternoon View attachment 1260440 View attachment 1260441 View attachment 1260442 View attachment 1260443 View attachment 1260444 :

This looks a lot more substantial in aesthetics than I imagined for GC, did you ask for it (might just be the angle of the picture?)

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I don't love the heel stack shape. They look like they are engulfing the heel. To me heels look better tapered.

 

[j ingevaldsson]

Perfect looking shoes. ?
How does fit compare to Main d'Or/Eiji Murata?
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Thanks! Since my forth pair the fit is really excellent all around, only in adjusting very small things since then. Heel fit has always been excellent with Yohei, but getting it right with no excess space at my inner ball and behind that has been tricky.

With Eiji we reached similar stage already on second pair, which is the quickest “almost perfect fit” pairs I’ve gotten from any maker. Interestingly it’s the heel that he hasn’t really nailed yet, some small things to be done there for my third.

Should be noted that I have quite complicated feet, basically all bespoke makers struggles a lot to get it right, so many things that is easy to mess up with how my feet are shaped.

 

[VRaivio]

@Son Of Saphir I am very curious, what do you do for work, if anything?

He is a full-time Internet troller. I mean, someone has to do it...

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Nah, he is one of the most interesting men on here.

 

[Winot]

Looks like Daniel Wegan might have left Gaziano & Girling. Can anyone confirm?

 

[bengal-stripe]

Looks like Daniel Wegan might have left Gaziano & Girling.

Yes, Daniel left G&G maybe two months ago.

Until now he did keep the cards of his future plans very close to his chest. But I've seen on Instagram that he had the first trunkshow under his own shingle just last weekend in Sweden. I presume more pictures of the event will show up over the next few days.

No idea, whether the new firm "Daniel Wegan - Shoemaker" will be based in Sweden, England or elsewhere.