I bought the last for this pair from my good friend Mischa in Holland last year. He chose the size. For over a year I did not make a shoe on this last because when I brought it home and measured it, I decided he had made a mistake. The last was clearly too small.
When I saw him again in April this year I asked him about sizing of the last. He was clearly annoyed that I hadn’t even tried. “Make the shoe”, he said. So I made the shoe, and he was right. It fits just fine. It’s a different sort of fit than I have been working with so far. I wore them out the door after cutting a footbed liner and danced in them all night. I think that proves the fit is fine.
They are green, of course. I bought the leather as a sample at the shoe show in Bologna. Vegetable tanned, it is great to work with. Leather heels, Italian leather sole, pig skin liner. Size 43, width 7.