Do any members know how the sizing of the old cast iron cobblers shoe lasts work? I am looking at ones on ebay and they seem to be numbered from 1 to 6, but as it is very difficult to work out scale from the pictures, I am not sure if I would be bidding on a size 3 child's instead of a larger one for my size 10 ammo boots! Any advice greatly appreciated.
Regards Chris
'Non adepto demens. Adepto etiam'
War does not show who is right, only who is left..
if i remember in the morning i'll dig mine out and see if its numbered ,unfortunately mine has only short arms and won't to German marching boots .
armoury
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I had a look at mine, the only markings are a capital T in a circle with a short righthand branch coming out of the T (like a T and F combined) and by the bolt there is a small stamp or scratch - a straight line so conceivably a '1'.
The footpad bits are pretty small compared to my gigantic size 11 feet, but for the purposes of hammering back in missing hobnails it works fine, you just move the boot around a bit and the missing ones are usually in the middle anyway.
Cheers
Martin
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mine has a clear number 2 on it ,none of the pad's are the size of my feet so maybe 2 is the middle size and a 3 might be bigger ? as mentioned by MartinR it work's well enough i just have to position it under the nail i'm hammering .
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
The last shall be first.
The last shall be first.
*groan* 
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I've just bought a number three from ebay. I will let you know if it's a larger size when it arrives.
Thanks for the replies.
'Non adepto demens. Adepto etiam'
War does not show who is right, only who is left..
