shoes

[hardr004]

how tdo you turn rabbit pelts into shoes?

 

[phill_ue]

Personally, I would use them as a liner and use a tougher leather for the actual shoe. You could make rabbit socks perhaps! I seem to remember ages back seeing a thread with viking shoes or similar that were basically a cut out and laced up piece of leather, a par of bunny socks underneath would be quite warm but rabbit skins aren't very tough.

 

[hardr004]

Thanks for that.

how would you makae the shape of the shoe in the first place?

 

[phill_ue]

Thanks for that.

how would you makae the shape of the shoe in the first place?

I would look for templates on the internet of moccassins, plains indian style maybe? I have never made them myself so cannot give you advice on that I'm afraid. Eic Methven has made shoes in the past, he may be able to help you.

 

[Toddy]

Rabbit skin shoes are really only for indoor wear.

My first courrans as a child were rabbit skin.

Look up courran or curran for patterns.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Ahjno]

Thanks for that.

how would you makae the shape of the shoe in the first place?

A tutorial on making Moccasins
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7082

 

[hardr004]

how would you make the rabbit socks?

would the fur be on the out side or the inside?