How to measure my foot to buy a last

[ponyup]

Hi everyone, I have the bug to make myself some shoes, and I'm trying to figure out how to measure my foot for a last or vise-versa.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

[greg77630]

This YouTube video shows how Lisa Sorrell does it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=ONZbrTW576A

 

[ChicagoScreech]

Measuring for a last is easy, trying to find someone who will sell you a last is the hard part!!

 

[bikermutt07]

Sorrell sells lasts now.

[electrathon]

If Lisa doesn't have them try shoedo.com. I agree, the lasts are one of the hardest parts to building shoes, your choices are very limited. 

[Hunhunt]

Electrathon, thanks for the tip on shoedo.com. Lasts are indeed the hardest thing to come up with for the amateur shoe maker. I've been buying used lasts off ebay and reshaping, repairing for my use (I'm a woodworker too). Unfortunately, it's not easy to find the Munson lasts I prefer and my collection is far from complete with regards to sizes. Shoedo.com has some very interesting looking lasts on their website. Here's an example of some shoes I recently completed on a pair of Munson lasts.

[electrathon]

Those look good, I really like the style. 

Edited August 24, 2016 by electrathon

[Michael Sheldon]

Those look very nice.

[ChicagoScreech]

Thanks for the shoedo.com option, ill have a look there.  Really enjoy watching Lisa's videos and she has a lot of great stuff in her notions store, but unfortunately every time I look for lasts there, they are always out of stock!!!   I'm just about to the point of trying to carve my own!!!  So as a hint, everyone start buying stock with bandaid companies!!!!  LOL

[HobbledCobbler]

This guy has a good tutorial for making a shoe last.

http://timurborte.blogspot.com/2011/06/makeing-basic-shoe-last.html

This is the one I'm fixing to follow. I just bought the tools to do it.

But we are thinking that someone stole our power saw because it's disappeared! Unless his brother "borrowed it" without saying.

 

Edited October 28, 2016 by HobbledCobbler