Japanese "Last" magazine

[RWS]

Surely not so sharp and narrow as, say Vass's "U" last?

[manton]

No, more subtle than that.

[bengal-stripe]

Never seen that catalogue - I was a shoe-virgin back then.

As was I. Fortunately, I found a retailer a couple of years ago who had some extras.

Sure your mum has warned you about not taking candy from strangers.
She obviously did not extend that warning to shoe catalogues.

[Tony]

Hi John

It would be quite difficult to spot the differences in a picture between the Churchill and the berkley, but they would be more apparent if you were holding the two side by side.

The Churchill has a longer wing on the vamp and a slightly longer cap, the throat of the vamp is also slightly narrower, whereas the churchhill can have a longer sweeping look exaggerated even more by the 22 last, the berkley is a shorter slightly stumpier version especially on the 202 last, although it does look a lot better on the 82 and the 888 last.

somtimes these things can stand out to me more than most as i have the shoes to analyze all the time.

Tony

Manton describes the last perfectly,long and slender but not a very good fit for most.