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Roman 1st Century Calceus, patterned after those found at Mainz, Germany and at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt:



The hobnails:


I have attempted to adhere to roman construction methods as much as I could. The soles, both the insole and the out-sole, are tunnel stitched to the upper and the inside back half of the boot is lined with wool flannel. Unlike a modern shoe there is no toe-box nor welt. The boot does have a tongue made from goat skin.

Here is a pair of jodhpurs in shrunken calf, whip stitched seat and Goodyear welted.



Nasser vies
HCC-Member

Here is the another jodhpurs in veg tan calf.



Nasser

My entry into "Club Chukka."

3 eyelet Chukka in black patent leather with red stitching.


Full welt on horsebutt, spinning stitch with reverse color spinning stitch on leather midsole.Welt made by hand, 7 strand waxed end.

Italian leather outsole shaped by a broken piece of glass and sandpaper, heel lift stacked by hand, full peg outsole construction. Experimented with method of staining and dyeing outsole--- we'll see how that works out...

Total time invested: 2 weeks.

While you may/may not be a fan of black pantent---those of you who know me well (enough), know how speedy I am...to take 2 weeks and devote to a single boot/shoe is an accomplishment in and of itself.

I believe once I mentioned the 50 anniversary shoes, what the old masters made after 50 years in rthe trade. Now I could puit my hand to one.
What should i say. This could mean to a shoemaker the what a bishop would feel finding the Holy Grail. This shoe is just beautiful in every piece. 15 cm long, the upper is stitched sometimes 5 lines as close to each other as it is possible, with tiny/tiny little stitches. Perfect geometry, perfect symmerty, perfect stitching channel.
I found an old piece of newspaper - I believe they just placed inside later, anyway - that paper came from 1952, the darkest time of communism in Hungary. Here is the photo esaay about the process I op-ened that paper and about the shoe. I try to post more.

Nasser, can you please post a picture of the buckle side of your Jodpurs?
Thanks
Georgene

Nasser, can you please post a side view picture of the buckle side of your Jodphurs?
Thanks
Georgene

Georgene,Here is the outside of the boot where the buckles are fixed,hard to find good solid brass buckles,do you know of a good source?



Nasser

Nasser and all,
Siegel of California has been running a great closeout on solid brass buckles originally made for Coach Handbags. Some great ones in both 3/4" and 1 inch sizes. Sign up for their email Friday special list. This is the link to the page but I don't know if it will work if you aren't signed up.
http://siegelofca.com/fridayspecial/SP060909/new13.htm

(wouldn't it be the high time to refresh this system? hmm?)

I finally finished the left calceus. Here they are on my feet:



I've created a site documenting the steps involved to make these:

Making Roman Calcei

This is a pair of shoes I have been thinking about doing for awhile. I decided to finish these before the jodhpurs to give me some practice with my new sewing machine.





Terry

Just finished these boots last week. The tops are horse hide and bottom are bull hide buthide was real soft.

I screwed up.
These goes with my first post.

Latest Oxfords from my little shop...

I apologize for the incorrect posts, gosh; I hope this works.

Ok, I'm finally brave enough to post a picture, yay! Here is a picture of the boots I made after 10 days of INTENSE training with Marcell in Hungary. Not bad, huh? Thanks to the Koronya staff for all of their patience and wonderful training!
P.S. I also posted a shoe that I made before Marcell's training, ugggh

Here is single strap jodhpurs in veg tan kip,whip stitched seat and 10spi on welt.



Nasser Vies
HCC-Member

Cowboy work boot. Brown bull hide, green calf tops. Full storm welt. 4 rows of top stitching. Leather midsole with heat formed synthetic outsole.

Chukkas in burgundy French calf (from Hardtke). handmade horsebutt welt, leather midsole, heat formed synthetic outsole.

Jodphurs in progress.
Have a good weekend, all.

-Jeff
Member, HCC

I made a small mistake on these two straps jodhpurs,no one possibly will see it,but i know it is there,So they are made for their maker.BTW,I wouldn't burden you with more Jodhpurs for a while.



Nasser Vies
HCC-Member

After so much silence a wholecut. Aniline dyed leather - a real challenge to keep clean and untouched by the so many tools we use - pliers, awls, hammer, etc.. Square shank, very light fiddleback as my customer wanted. I believe bevelled waist wouldn't have been a good choice anyway. If you are interested I will post a photo about the antiqued result soon.

Joining in on the jodhopper madness (I think we *should* have a 'boot of the month "challenge"...


Jodhpur ankle boot, built on boot last (usually built on shoe last form, but I used a boot last to get the toe spring/heel height). Hardtke shrunken bull hide (Azteca), heavily antiqued and burnished. Handmade horse butt welt. Leather toe box. 1 3/4" Cuban heel.

Horse butt ‘belt’, brass buckle. A bit of a ‘throwback’ enclosure on a throwback boot.

These ladies are very thin pigskin, backed with muslin. The insoles, soles and heels were all premade. To make a long story short, I had no business attempting a project of this complexity. Lots of problems in the process, lots of problems in the finished product. The tension and the toplines are all wrong. However, I am encouraged, because the "shoes" on my workbench look a lot like the shoes I saw in my head when I started.

Any feedback is appreciated. I am especially curious if this leather is inappropriate for shoes as a rule, of if it is merely inappropriate for my experience...?