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A type of one piece shoe of Germanic origin. The original find is dated to the 3rd - 4th century AD. Note the raised horizontal and off-center vertical seam around the heel. The asymmetric design with carved decoration is typical for these shoes. Made of 4-5mm veg tan cow leather.
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Cheers,
Martin
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Say, those look great. How did you shape them? The toe is so well formed, the "tabs"(?) are even twisted. Almost looks like the shoe was formed over a last...???
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DW, you are spot on :-) First handshaped them and formed the heel area over my shoemaker's anvil, then used a normal (modern) last to wet shape them. They quickly adapt to the wearer's feet when they're broken in I find.
Hey everyone... I've been studying with DW and Randee for the past week and learning to make some packer boots. Thought I'd share some photos from the week:) cheers!
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THANKS a bunch for the pics! Brought back many fine memories of my time there. Soak it up! Keep taking notes and pics....it will help later on after you leave.
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Another pair from the Roman department: Saalburg no. 218, one of the finds of various types of low shoes dated to the 2nd half of the 2nd century AD, in an unnailed version and decorated with cut out and punched patterns. The 2nd century AD saw these low shoes in fashion before shoes covering the ankle returned again with the start of the 3rd century.
Construction is a one piece upper, tunnel stitched outer sole and a 2 piece midsole fixed to the insole with a narrow, thin strap of leather.
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Cheers,
Martin
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Without "good" there is no "better," without "better," no "best."
And without the recognition that there is a hierarchy of excellence in all things, nothing rises above the level of mundane.
Certainly, my pleasure! FYI, I'm using pictures from various shoes I did over the years to illustrate the details. The construction is a rather easy one, though apparently widespread in Roman times. With multi-piece and multi-layered sole shoes, midsoles (one or multi piece) in various types of shoes were typically held in place by leather strips like this (with the upper braced in place.):
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or, in the case of caligae, like this:
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The outer sole is prepared with flesh-side "tunnels", going ca. through half the thickness of the leather
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and then sewn on through all layers
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Here you can see both the tunnel-stitch thread and the leather straps fixing the midsole pieces.
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The majority of these shoes additionally seem to have been nailed throughout with up to more than 100 nails per shoe, which of course further strengthens the whole construction while also providing excellent grip.
Cheers,
Martin
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Yes, I found this interesting also. Thank you.
"Navaho" mocs have a similarity in the tunnel stitch technique.
I wonder if there isn't some crossover from Conquistadores?
Paul
Hm, I somehow doubt that, Paul. Reason being that to my knowledge 15th/16th cent. shoes didn't use tunnel stitch construction except where repair clump soles were sewn on.
I would like to share some photos of the first shoe I made. I read the posts of HCC and watched most shoe making videos I could find online before I started. The shoe turns out to be better than I expected. Because I didn't know if I will end up wasting the bot of leather, I cut only one pattern (upper/lining) for the left foot. Now the challenge is to make one the same for the right foot.
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Without "good" there is no "better," without "better," no "best."
And without the recognition that there is a hierarchy of excellence in all things, nothing rises above the level of mundane.