Winson Shoemaker (Indonesia) Thread...

[ajay199127]

I have low volume, low instep feet. Simpson and C3 are two of my best RTW fits without modifications. Aurora without modifications was significantly too tight in the toe box and they’ve been fighting with my pair of shoe stretchers all winter to hopefully be ready by the summer.

Even I have the same comments. PU of Oct10 barring the high instep is my favourite. Did you acquire the aurora in TTS?

 

[JohnMRobie]

Even I have the same comments. PU of Oct10 barring the high instep is my favourite. Did you acquire the aurora in TTS?

I did. If I’d gone up in size I would have gotten a poor fit. A case of “some lasts just won’t work for my feet without modifications” - I’ve got a feeling that TTS + adding about a 3MM layer on the toe box would solve it if I really got desperate but I don’t need to gamble on it.

 

[deez shoes]

Would it be a bad idea to go + 1/2?

It depends but I guess for boots maybe not too bad because you can always wear thicker socks to fill any void but it's not perfect.

Similar to how people go down 0.5 size for deco instead of 1 full size .....maybe?

 

[ajay199127]

Would the equinox look good on the kirin or qilin last? I personally don't think so.

PS: Please feel free to be fully transparent with your opinion.

 

[ajay199127]

It depends but I guess for boots maybe not too bad because you can always wear thicker socks to fill any void but it's not perfect.

Similar to how people go down 0.5 size for deco instead of 1 full size .....maybe?

Speaking of the deco, they fit great with + 1/2 UK. Is the aurora comparable to the deco?

 

[deez shoes]

Speaking of the deco, they fit great with + 1/2 UK. Is the aurora comparable to the deco?

No. I can fit aurora tts but no at home modification will allow me to wear deco tts. Deco just feels 0.25" size too small (possibly overall).

 

[deez shoes]

Would the equinox look good on the kirin or qilin last? I personally don't think so.

PS: Please feel free to be fully transparent with your opinion.

Which is the equinox?

 

[ajay199127]

Which is the equinox?

spiral single monk

 

[deez shoes]

spiral single monk

I see. I advise you to work with Emil on that order.

 

[ajay199127]

I see. I advise you to work with Emil on that order.

I have been speaking on and off for the past 3 months because he stated that the modification on the aurora last is difficult previously.

But, I like his model, work so much that I wanted to take the plunge at +1/2 size, then again a shoe is only good when worn, so the conundrum :/

 

[deez shoes]

I have been speaking on and off for the past 3 months because he stated that the modification on the aurora last is difficult previously.

But, I like his model, work so much that I wanted to take the plunge at +1/2 size, then again a shoe is only good when worn, so the conundrum :/

Then I suggest you wait until Emil rolls out the new last that he's working on which is based on the aurora last. Hopefully we'll get something this year.

 

[JohnMRobie]

Then I suggest you wait until Emil rolls out the new last that he's working on which is based on the aurora last. Hopefully we'll get something this year.

Or until he opens the bespoke last program back up to a waiting list.

 

[ajay199127]

Then I suggest you wait until Emil rolls out the new last that he's working on which is based on the aurora last. Hopefully we'll get something this year.

Or until he opens the bespoke last program back up to a waiting list.

Thank you for the advice, sounds fair. I'd rather not make rash purchases just for the sake of it.

 

[evangel21]

Thank you for the advice, sounds fair. I'd rather not make rash purchases just for the sake of it.

Not wanting to throw a curve ball here. I commissioned a pair in the Aurora last. I liked the last a lot. Spoke at length with Emil, sending him my measurements, photos of feet, size of my different shoes and described the fit of all of them.

Emil was confident to recommend I take Aurora in my standard size.

I'm taking a risk here and fingers crossed that it will work.
Shoes may or may work fit well but we will cross that when we come.

 

[ajay199127]

Not wanting to throw a curve ball here. I commissioned a pair in the Aurora last. I liked the last a lot. Spoke at length with Emil, sending him my measurements, photos of feet, size of my different shoes and described the fit of all of them.

Emil was confident to recommend I take Aurora in my standard size.

I'm taking a risk here and fingers crossed that it will work.
Shoes may or may work fit well but we will cross that when we come.

Emil just responded that my foot is just not cut out for the aurora last. In his words, modifying the width alone is pointless as Aurora's last are for narrow feet, high arch and instep and changing the last too much disorient's the last.