Haka from the first step,
style and comfort at every step
We've been making shoe lasts for over 100 years. AI-assisted modeling, a state-of-the-art CNC facility, high speed and maximum service.
Who we've worked with
How we produce
Last Model Development
Experienced last makers design your model to your requirements, with AI support.
Sample Approval
Your sample is made as a single or a pair, presented for approval and revised if needed.
Series Production
The approved model goes into fast, high-quality, millimetrically consistent production.
The last types we produce
Who we are
The name Haka comes from the verb "hakketmek" — to carve, engrave or incise a figure or text into hard surfaces such as stone, metal, ivory and wood. The craftsman who does this is called a "hakkâk"; the root is the Arabic "hakk" (to scratch, to carve). Last-making is, at its core, exactly this: working the measure of the foot into the material.
Once, every last was shaped by hand, with patience; the master's eye and hand translated the measurement into the language of the foot, and wood took form as it was carved piece by piece. This craft was passed down not in writing but from master to apprentice — by watching, by doing, over years.
Haka's roots reach back to the 1890s, to Aram Usta, one of Turkey's finest last makers. His knowledge passed to his son Agop Canmelkonyan, and from him to his apprentice Rıdvan Tekinalp. They worked side by side for many years and became partners; after Agop Usta's passing, Rıdvan Usta carried the workshop on and, with a mastery matured over thousands of lasts, gave Haka the identity it carries today.
Today, with the fourth generation, Haka brings a century of handcraft together with 3D scanning, CNC and AI-assisted modeling.
Production that respects nature
Recycled raw material in our plastic lasts; old lasts return to the cycle.
CNC chips and offcuts are separated and recycled.
Precision-made lasts serve for years — fewer replacements, less waste.
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