Hello Ray!
In a message to Brian Stewart  Ray Shannon wrote:
RS> Could it be because they are all made in Shanghai, Taiwan,
RS> or Japan, on their lasts which fit the small asian feet?
Actually it is because they are made on European "Lasts" ( the
form jig that shoes are made on).  I ran into this many times in
my motorcycling activities.  Don't know why we do not have an
"American" shoe sizing.
Cyrus
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