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Ernildir · Post by **Ernildir** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:17 pm

I like your quiver modification for tarp-hanging. Do you basically just fold your blanket and drape it over the lace beneath the quiver?

Ringulf · Post by **Ringulf** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:06 pm

I thought that might have been sassafrass as I saw two of the three leaf types that the tree grows. A very interesting and unique choice! The fact that you did it without the modern leather tools is also impressive.

Kiriana · Post by **Kiriana** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:21 am

Yeah I love the boots.. but would need a serious vibram sole attached to the bottom.. plus I still have to had cusion inserts hehe

After Erich makes his.. we shall see if I get a pair later on hehe.

BrianGrubbs · Post by **BrianGrubbs** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:20 am

It's amazing how having a single piece of leather as the sole of your shoe makes you slow down as you go through the woods. Your feet do get used to it, but it completely changes the way you move...much quieter for starters!

Brian

E.MacKermak · Post by **E.MacKermak** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:40 pm

Yeah, but for those with foot problems (and modern tender tootsies), sometimes you have to find that happy medium. Personally I plan to do a low of walking in mine and will likely use sole bend leather on the bottom with a thin layer of vibram for a little added traction. The option is to go for hobnailed boots and I will pass on them.

Post by **Eledhwen** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:18 pm

Hobnails aren't bad; my Late Roman/Sub Roman boots are partially hobnailed..and of course my caligae are completely hobnailed.

However; they are not meant for walking on smooth surfaces like polished stone, smooth slate, and so on. Interesting acrobatics can result from this sort of thing...as I know all too well. Likewise, if you have wood floors, the last thing you want to wear on them are hobnails; they'll cheerfully tear it all up in jig time.

Solution? Same as the Romans did; they had leatherwraps that covered the hobnails and laced along the top of the foot.

I have always been exceedingly interested in the fact that all modern sportswear sole design is derived from the Roman hobnail patterns. People who march 25 miles a day in full kit, dig and fill forts at the end and start of each one, definitely know feet. Intimately.

Still, for Rangering partial hobnailing, say along the front and rear edges might be as much as you'd want. One way to start getting your feet hardened up, so to speak, is to start having a go with those new shoes they have for hiking that are supposed to be like going barefoot...but not entirely. I haven't tried them myself, yet...but I might. My feet are pretty tough as it is; dancing oes that, but it might not hurt to have a go-between bit of footwear.

Thought provoking thread.

Eledhwen

Kiriana · Post by **Kiriana** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:25 pm

yeah I'm diabetic and have serious lower back problems.. so I NEED the thicker soles and the inserts hehe. And it sucks because I used to go barefoot all the time growing up. I even have to wear at least socks or slippers indoors, as I have to be careful of my feet.

BrianGrubbs · Post by **BrianGrubbs** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:33 am

Ernildhir wrote:I like your quiver modification for tarp-hanging. Do you basically just fold your blanket and drape it over the lace beneath the quiver?

I hadn't actually thought of doing it that, but it's a good idea. I usually just roll it up and tie it hanging underneath the quiver.

BrianGrubbs · Post by **BrianGrubbs** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:36 am

Kiriana wrote:yeah I'm diabetic and have serious lower back problems.. so I NEED the thicker soles and the inserts hehe. And it sucks because I used to go barefoot all the time growing up. I even have to wear at least socks or slippers indoors, as I have to be careful of my feet.

I hear you there. Yes, vibram soles and sheepskin insoles would be the way to go there.

Brian

P.S. And speaking of Vibram, Eledhwen, I have some of their five finger shoes, and I love them. They give just enough protection against abrasion without hampering your feel of the ground. Great shoes...not period at all, unless you put fur on top and make hobbit feet out of them!

Brian

Ringulf · Post by **Ringulf** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:09 am

We had an interesting discussion about these in the thread I re post here.

http://www.ranger.budgetauthenticity.or ... =18&t=1369

Please add what you you think too Brian.

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:34 am

Just getting around to reading this thread. Yep, Greg's right, I made a pair of those. I wish I had used thread as you did. The latigo is a pain! I finally had to glue it in place to keep it from working its way loose again. The large lacing holes make for a free-flowing environment where water is involved. One of the Ren-faires I went to was very wet and my feet were soaked all day long. If I ever make another pair, I'll use a good thread instead of the lace. I will also need to add a thin insole to my existing pair. I went trail hiking in these once. It was over natural - dirt, tree root, some rock - terrain and when I was done, I felt like I had been walking barefoot on gravel all day. But I still love my boots.

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