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Without overstating, I think, the best of the English trained Japanese bespoke makers are probably setting the standard for refinement and attention to detail, today. It may only be a matter of time before we start seeing 64 to the inch from them.
I don't know of any western shoemaker who is even in the same league as the top tier Japanese makers. I suspect that the center of gravity has shifted...East.
Not to take anything away from the best English, French and Italian makers--it just seems to me that they're just too focused on making money to take their shoemaking beyond that point where it is at least marginally profitable. There's no profit in pinwork.
That said, the shoe with the pinwork is probably (almost certainly) unwearable. That many pins, that close together, will make the outsole break up if the sole is flexed. It's exhibition work...something we in the West don't do much of anymore.
As for the heel work, I've played with it a bit...I hate the machinations one has to go through to mount a heel on a woman's shoe--tucks, screws, plastic--and it is a challenge esp. if one is determined to avoid using nails. You almost have to map out the profile of the heel prior to actually beginning so that you don't expose the pegs (or nails) when you begin shaping the heel. There might be a better way of doing it, such as building and shaping the heels first and then deconstructing it before actually mounting it, shaped lift by shaped lift on the shoe. But I don't know what would be gained.
Maybe...if I can find it...I'll post a photo of my latest attempt. But don't expect too much, I'm not at the level of that Japanese work.
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