16th C. Children’s Shoes!
September 29th, 2012I have to preface this by saying that these are *children’s* shoes, and all the photographs are of said child wearing them. =) My thanks and copyrights on all of these images to Jeremy Tavan, 2012. I had promised the lovely mother of young Master Corwin a pair of shoes for the young gentleman, and I was delighted to be able to finish them within just a short time frame (two days). That included taking measurements for other shoes, chatting with passers-by, and talking about historical shoes at the Much Ado About Sebastopol Renaissance Faire.
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Astute observers might note that the grain on this leather seems a bit pronounced – indeed, that is because I had neglected to bring appropriate upper leather, and a lady at the faire was kind enough to provide me with some leather that, although not perfect, did the job quite well. The leather was chrome tanned, so it did not retain the shape of the last as well as it might have were it vegetable tanned, but I really did want to see these complete. | |
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1560s Shoes for the Ruffiano!
September 16th, 2012| |
A new pair for the Ruffiano! A ruffiano (or roffiano) is a bawde, a ruffian, a swaggerer, a swashbucker (per Florio’s 1611 Italian dictionary). Also can be a…well…someone who protects certain lovely ladies who might happen to need protection =). Anyhow, these are your standard pair of welted 1560 shoes with no heel lifts, slashes and pinks, a whipped in heel-stiffener and wool sock. | |
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Lesson #10 – Early 16th C. Cow Mouth Shoes, or Kuhlmaulschuh
July 22nd, 2012| |
I just posted a new Lesson on Early 16th C. Cow Mouth Shoes, or Kuhlmaulschuh. The tricky thing about these shoes is handling the “knob” type of construction at the tip of the toe. Enjoy! | |
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Sewing the Heel Stiffener
July 3rd, 2012| |
I just posted a new tutorial on Sewing the Heel Stiffener. A very large percentage of historical shoes have some kind of heel stiffener in the quarters of the shoe. These stiffeners, usually a half-moon shaped piece of leather, were tacked in around the top edge and then caught into the lasting margin to keep the heel of the shoe in better shape. In earlier viking shoes, however, the sole actually extended past the back of the heel and up the quarters a little, negating the need for a stiffener. But for the majority of medieval shoes and shoes in the Renaissance, there was typically some kind of stiffener tacked in. | |
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