Ronny, I can't believe you let you soles sustain that sort of wear... tsk tsk

High end shoe construction for Santoni and Lattanzi is extremely difficult to understand, the only people who understand the process are the cordwainers themselves. l honestly think l am wrong when l state that the above shoes are Reverse welted, because the insole HAS dimples on the insole, which isn't present in a typical reverse welted shoe. With Reverse welted, the shoe is typically machine welted.  ln this case the shoe appears to be handwelted as well as having the welt stitched to the outsole, which would mean the shoe could well be Norwegian constructed or even Norvegese constructed, which would mean this shoe is indeed a very well made shoe and competitive with Kiton or Vass, but l can't say this for sure. What l can say though is that this shoe is one of the better made Santoni Handmade shoes. 

l don't really understand the really complicated highend ltalian shoe constructions, but from looking at the Santoni construction pictures in my shoe box, the shoe looks like a Norwegian construction with one row of stitching going along the fudge welt and two   rows of stitching going along the outside of the upper. Could even be a Norvegese construction, but i'm willing to bet on a Norwegian construction.

Anyone care to comment about Norvegese V's Norwegian V's Split Reverse Welt construction?

Last edited by The_Shooman (2006-04-25 10:57:49)