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Author Topic: Shoe soles Charles I Member Member # 751 posted 07-30-2005 10:09 PM                I have yet another question I am making a pair of shoes for wearing whilst in armour. I have really bad feet and need all the support in my shoes as I can get. Is it period to have a hard leather sole sewn/nailed to the bottom of a turnshoe? I have read where this was done in the case of repairing shoes but I am not sure nor do I have any sort of documentation for this. -------------------- In every life some rain must fall... Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged Thomas james hayman Member Member # 655 posted 07-30-2005 10:37 PM                   I was going to mention hinged pattens but you said you would be in armour at the time. Always a possibility though i don't know how stable they would be. -------------------- The allotment spot http://tomsallotment.blogspot.com/ Registered: Aug 2004  |  IP: Logged Charles I Member Member # 751 posted 07-30-2005 10:42 PM                I am working on some pattens for my soft kit but I will be in armour every now and then and would like a fairly stiff sole. By the way...aren't you in the UK? You are up kinda late. What is it...2 or 3 am over there? -------------------- In every life some rain must fall... Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged Thomas james hayman Member Member # 655 posted 07-30-2005 10:46 PM                   err, it's just gone 3:46 by the computer clock. bah, nothing it was 7:30 am on thursday. (sorry for derailing a bit) [ 07-30-2005: Message edited by: Thomas james hayman ] -------------------- The allotment spot http://tomsallotment.blogspot.com/ Registered: Aug 2004  |  IP: Logged Charles I Member Member # 751 posted 07-31-2005 10:45 AM                I may put the soles on and make them to where they aren't very noticeable. They are temporary anyway, just lasting until I can get a better pattern and more leather. It does bug me to know I am making something without historical evidence that it was used. -------------------- In every life some rain must fall... Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged Gwen Member Member # 126 posted 07-31-2005 11:12 AM                   Use orthodedic inserts- your feet get the support they crave and noone will be the wiser. Gwen Registered: Feb 2001  |  IP: Logged

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