Stitching and construction details.

The stitching on the shoes is impeccable! I cannot find any stitches out of the whether looking at the upper or the sole stitch. I could say that the stitch across on of the cap-toes is 1/4 of a mm too close to the gimping, but that REALLY nitpicking and really quite unfair. So really, the closer did a tremendous job with the stitching - the best I have on any of my shoes thus far even better than my Enzo Bonafé pairs.

All the broguing and gimping is cleanly done. Nothing looks to be out of place on that front. The stitches are close to the gimping so it's less likely to find any of those fine tips sticking up instead of flat as the shoe sees more wear. The toe cap features Kent Wang's signature ram's head medallion. At first, I feel the medallion is too big on this shoe as it's already a strong medallion with 89 smaller punches and 5 larger punches. But it has grown on me and the more I look at it, the more the medallion seems to suit the overall aesthetic of the shoe. I think I would've preferred the design more if it was a little less punch heavy. The toe-cap could have been straighter, something that lots of people like to point out in online reviews. But I've seen bespoke shoes with toe caps that aren't perfectly straight either, so I'm quite okay straightness on these. Take a look at the pictures to decide for yourself. On the inside of you'll find it's fully lined as expected. There is a 1/4 sockliner with little padding at the heel. I think I would've liked to see more padding here. On the insole there are many visible nail holes throughout, this suggests that the insole was nailed to the last and seems to have been partially hand-lasted.

The welt sports fudge-wheeling detail through the forepart of the shoe until it reaches the waist where the welt is then rounded off to match the look and feel of the fiddleback waist. The outsole stitching is done at about 7-8 SPI (stitches per inch) with not a single stitch out of place! Now we look at the focal point of this shoe, it's gorgeous fiddle back waist. This is a detail you typically won't anywhere near its price point. The waist is very well sculpted, but it's a bit hard to capture in the photos. There is a matte black finish on top of it, although, I think a highly polished black finish would have accentuated it's shape and silhouette much better. I may go ahead and convert it as a future project.