The newest Lange lasts are a little roomier, but not so much in the width across the met heads - they raised the instep height to make the out-of-box fit more appealing to taller instep feet. It...

The 97mm RX/XT3 LV and 98mm Hawx Ultra are both lower volume than the K2 98mm last. The cushier liner in the Mindbender also packs out more quickly than either of the others.

Making a "few custom shells" is neither easy nor cheap, and I'm not sure Cody ranks high enough on the totem pole to warrant it. Marco Odermatt, maybe. I heard Dalbello developed 21.5 Krypton and...

K2 Mindbender 98mm last feels like everyone else's 100mm last; Dispatch 100mm last feels like a 102.

Salomon released the MTN Summit Series this year, it is nominally a 100mm last but feels roomier. No one is thinking about making a 96mm touring boot.

Dedicated low volume touring boots (non-4 buckle) don't really exist, and I don't expect that to change any time soon - the market is too small to entice boot manufacturers to spend the development...