Cravate_Noire
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Is it fully bespoke shoe or a modified RTW last? I am wondering because on the last besides of your surname (in Russian it is name of a vegetable) is also indicated number 42 (I suppose it is your size?).
The number indicates the base size of the raw last from which the bespoke last is then made, about all bespoke shoe makers use them with very very few exceptions and it's how bespoke works. I think in one of the photos on the Delos website you can see how he works on a large block of wood (I dont see any benefits from carving and shaping a cubic block compared to carving and shaping something that requires a bit less of carpenter work). I think Bengal Stripe can educate us here better than I though. Ugolini makes only bespoke, there was no last or something to try on, it was made according to my instructions/imaginations. The modification of rtw lasts is often quite limited, Saint Crispin's for example does it on request, but only at the instep and toebox and of course they wont do anything with the shape... Btw. I know bespoke clients who want to see a 41 on their lasts because they are convinced that it's their size. Shoe maker has to order whatever raw last he needs (it's 2 sizes different or so) for that client with a stamped 41. Point.