The Ultimate Vass (Footwear) Thread (Pictures, reviews, sizing, etc...)

[striker]

Great way to sell a shoe after the nails had damaged one of the uppers by mistake.

 

[alloy13]



Because it's not for U....

Kidding aside...Yes U last is good if you have average width feet.
Sleek with a more pronounced descending chisel toe from the K last.

If you know your British sizing - many guys tend to size up half in the Vass U last.
And then again, many will stay the same....

Personally for me, I go up half a size as the pain around my instep/arch
is telling me to.

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

 

[Ilovelobbs]

Imagine the guy wearing this had some serious BO to the lower waist

 

[Ilovelobbs]

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

Based on the 10+ pairs of U & K last I have...they are similar in fit - Average.
Where are you getting narrow from. Some of the people who post
on how Vass fits have never owned a pair of Vass shoes.
They still post as if they own 100+ pairs of Vass shoes in all the last.

I feel sorry for Reszo and the numerous Vass Forum Members who has to correct every
muppet that comes along and make assumption about prices; fitting; duty; proxies...
and what not......

The K last is a touch longer than the U last....

 

[Ilovelobbs]

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

Based on the 10+ pairs of U & K last I have...they are similar in fit - Average.
Where are you getting narrow from. Some of the people who post
on how Vass fits have never owned a pair of Vass shoes.
They still post as if they own 100+ pairs of Vass shoes in all the last.

I feel sorry for Reszo and the numerous Vass Forum Members who has to correct every
muppet that comes along and make assumption about prices; fitting; duty; proxies...
and what not......

The K last is a touch longer than the U last....

 

[Ilovelobbs]

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

Based on the 10+ pairs of U & K last I have...they are similar in fit - Average.
Where are you getting narrow from. Some of the people who post
on how Vass fits have never owned a pair of Vass shoes.
They still post as if they own 100+ pairs of Vass shoes in all the last.

I feel sorry for Reszo and the numerous Vass Forum Members who has to correct every
muppet that comes along and make assumption about prices; fitting; duty; proxies...
and what not......

The K last is a touch longer than the U last....

 

[Ilovelobbs]

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

Based on the 10+ pairs of U & K last I have...they are similar in fit - Average.
Where are you getting narrow from. Some of the people who post
on how Vass fits have never owned a pair of Vass shoes.
They still post as if they own 100+ pairs of Vass shoes in all the last.

I feel sorry for Reszo and the numerous Vass Forum Members who has to correct every
muppet that comes along and make assumption about prices; fitting; duty; proxies...
and what not......

The K last is a touch longer than the U last....

 

[Swede66]



Based on the 10+ pairs of U & K last I have...they are similar in fit - Average.
Where are you getting narrow from. Some of the people who post
on how Vass fits have never owned a pair of Vass shoes. 
They still post as if they own 100+ pairs of Vass shoes in all the last.

I feel sorry for Reszo and the numerous Vass Forum Members who has to correct every
muppet that comes along and make assumption about prices; fitting; duty; proxies... 
and what not......

The K last is a touch longer than the U last.... 

A bit annoyed are you ?

 

[j ingevaldsson]



The U last is of average width?? I always thought it was narrow. Otherwise why the problems with fit?

So the K would be narrower than U?

Based on the 10+ pairs of U & K last I have...they are similar in fit - Average.
Where are you getting narrow from. Some of the people who post
on how Vass fits have never owned a pair of Vass shoes. 
They still post as if they own 100+ pairs of Vass shoes in all the last.

I feel sorry for Reszo and the numerous Vass Forum Members who has to correct every
muppet that comes along and make assumption about prices; fitting; duty; proxies... 
and what not......

The K last is a touch longer than the U last.... 

That's my experience too, U and K are pretty standard length wise and have an average width. My U-last size 44 G-width is pretty much excactly the same length as my F size 44. But what do cause problem for some is that the toe box on U and K lasts are narrow, which means that you might have to go up either half size or one width size to get your toes to fit in the shoe.

 

[Ilovelobbs]

Quote:
Lol...life too short.....I can't wait to see my Vass next week.....

 

[striker]

J. Ingelvaldsson, Did you find that your heel slips alot when you asked for a U last in a G width? I have normal/ narrowish heels but wide forefoot so I'm afraid going up a width might not workn. I wonder, based on reading the Vass book, if they can accommodate the request to add some leather on the standard U last at the forefoot during lasting so the shoes are wider near the toes but not the heels.

 

[Swede66]



Lol...life too short.....I can't wait to see my Vass next week.....

Understand the feeling. Are also expecting a pair next week...can't wait...

 

[j ingevaldsson]



J. Ingelvaldsson, Did you find that your heel slips alot when you asked for a U last in a G width? I have normal/ narrowish heels but wide forefoot so I'm afraid going up a width might not workn. I wonder, based on reading the Vass book, if they can accommodate the request to add some leather on the standard U last at the forefoot during lasting so the shoes are wider near the toes but not the heels. 

No, on my pair in U-last size 44 G I have no heel slippage, but I do in my U 44,5 F-width (solved that with heel pads though).

 

[Notch]

Guess what is special about these shoes I just recevied to give my father for his birthday...

 

[RogerP]

Those are gorgeous. New last?