Shoes

Gordon · Post by **Gordon** » Sun Oct 13, 2002 1:01 pm

What kind of shoes would work for an saxon in the late 800 under the reign of alfred the great.

freiman the minstrel · Sun Oct 13, 2002 2:41 pm

there were four shoes found in the sutton hoo ship burial. The book I have only mention the fact taht they were found.

I have found that there are other British Museum books that have much more detailed information.

try this book

"The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial Volume 3" by Rupert Bruce-Mitford, part
II, Britsh Mueseum Publications Limited (1983)

hope you can get what you need.

freiman the minstrel

cristofre fortescu · Post by **cristofre fortescu** » Sun Oct 13, 2002 4:33 pm

Been doing that same research. Look under leather work on the following web site.

www.regia.org

Cristofre

Egfroth · Post by **Egfroth** » Sun Oct 13, 2002 11:57 pm

For patterns, have a look at http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/ and http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shoe/construction.html

Making shoes is a lot easier than most people think. You can put a pair together in a day or two. And they're luvly and comfy.

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"I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction"

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see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos

JJ Shred · Post by **JJ Shred** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:27 am

Centre-seamed turnshoes with a low ankle would work quite well.

valen · Post by **valen** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 3:08 am

Egfroth: dunno about you, but I made at least three pairs before I reliably make a pair that I could walk around all day in them, comfortably. Some of them look like they are straight out of a museum (i.e. they look like they've been under a midden heap for 400 years).

And as for the first pair I made with hobnails (before learning you need good thick soles)...

Anyway, the Marc Carlson site has loads of really good hints and tips. The Museum of London has an excellent book cataloging medieval shoes found in the city from 1150-1450 I think (ISBN: 0851158382). Once you have made a pair or two, check out this book for inspiration for your own patterns.

Amazon are doing it for $30 these days.

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Fri Oct 18, 2002 8:21 am

Two other really great sources are
Primitive shoes
and
Stepping Through Time
Steppin is a new book out of holland. It covers shoes Dark ages through 1800. There are hundreds of examples in it. Very much like Shoes and Pattens on steroids. It is great.
Primitive shoes is long out of print but is is focussed on shoes pre 1000.

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Doug Strong
Sir William Talbot, OL
(The artist formerly know as Talbot Mac Taggart)

http://talbotsfineaccessories.com

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Fri Oct 18, 2002 8:23 am

I said Dark ages I meant to say Bronze age. Good stuff on Roman as well.

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Doug Strong
Sir William Talbot, OL
(The artist formerly know as Talbot Mac Taggart)

http://talbotsfineaccessories.com

Bertus Brokamp · Post by **Bertus Brokamp** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 8:19 pm

More info about the book and where to order it.

http://www.archeologie-spa.nl/e3/stepc.html

Bertus

Bertus Brokamp · Post by **Bertus Brokamp** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 8:28 pm

I see there's also a downloadeable pdf brochure available at the site (1.8 mb). It contains the same introductory text and ordering information as on http://www.archeologie-spa.nl/e3/stepc.html but also two pages of the book so as to give you a clue what the rest of the book looks like.

http://www.archeologie-spa.nl/e3/downloads.html

[This message has been edited by Herman (edited 10-28-2002).]

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 4:51 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by freiman the minstrel:
there were four shoes found in the sutton hoo ship burial. The book I have only mention the fact taht they were found.

I have found that there are other British Museum books that have much more detailed information.

try this book

"The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial Volume 3" by Rupert Bruce-Mitford, part
II, Britsh Mueseum Publications Limited (1983)

hope you can get what you need.

freiman the minstrel<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

---hmmmm, i knew there was one pair found at Oseberg, they belonged to the older lady (Queen Asa?) and were oddly shapped which lead to the belief she had rhumatoid athritis (IIRC)

but i had never heard of shoes found in the SH burial. I have all three volumes of the book mentioned above, i will scan thru them tonight and let you know what i find

Halvgrimr

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:07 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Talbot:
Two other really great sources are
Primitive shoes
and
Stepping Through Time <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i also have an electronic copy of Primative Shoes if you need any info out of it

Halvgrimr

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 11:41 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
but i had never heard of shoes found in the SH burial. I have all three volumes of the book mentioned above, i will scan thru them tonight and let you know what i find

Halvgrimr[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

--hmm, i guess i returned them and forgot about it.

i am going to the library today and will grab it again

H

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 5:27 pm

sorry Gordo

when i got there yesterday they had been checked out.

but i am still curious and will get them when they return

Halvgrimr