Making some new Viking shoes.

[Tengu]

Oh, Wayland, we sure was not looking at that...

The toggles are ingeneous, arent they? You or I would make them from wood or horn but this way is so much easier.

But we take skill bases for granted these days.

The other day I was given a book entitled The St Michaels Book of Handicrafts.

I already have a copy but it was a freebie, I might trade it on.

It has many good ideas and how to make them, mostly fabrics but this one has strawdollies, candles and jewelry.

I have a few books like this and many have basic leatherwork.

But people in the past didnt have `how to` texts and many skills were guild secrets

 

[Wayland]

Interestingly the first place I came across making toggles like that was an Australian leatherwork book back on the 80s.

It was years later I realised some of the shoes from York used the same idea.

 

[Erbswurst]

Thank You very much for showing this!

It's very interesting.

 

[swotty]

After being so impressed by Waylands work here's my attempt......there's things I'd change if I were to make a second pair but for a first attempt I'm pretty happy with the outcome

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[Wayland]

They look much better than my first try was.