Making the move to the early 14th century, I just recently purchased turnshoes.
Does anyone have any good links on how to make Patens?
Need Paten Help
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Need Paten Help
Fearghus Cochrane
Squire to Baron Gareth Nicodemus Somerset OP, OL, KSCA
"propterea accipite armaturam Dei ut possitis resistere in die malo et omnibus perfectis stare"
Squire to Baron Gareth Nicodemus Somerset OP, OL, KSCA
"propterea accipite armaturam Dei ut possitis resistere in die malo et omnibus perfectis stare"
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The group of four, the patten in the lower left:
- wood over 1" thick. Reccommend poplar, basswood, or alder. Don't use heavy woods like oak (especially red oak, which splits)
- Leather - use fairly heavy (8 ounce or so) leather. Standard oak-tanned tooling leather is fine. Oil it heavily with neatsfoot oil (not compound)
- 32 Nails, 3/4" rose-headed (if you can't find 3/4, buy 1" & clip them shorter)
- 2 buckles 1/2" wide (see talbot, thorthor, billy & charlie, etc. websites)
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Wood
- Trace the bottom of the shoe (not the foot)
- Modify the tracing, making it about 1/4" narrower along the sides of the heel and the broadest part of the foot.
- Transfer the tracing to two pieces of wood, making the grain of the wood run the long way
- Cut out on a bandsaw or with a coping saw
- rasp, file or belt sand the edges to smooth the cut marks
Make hinges:
- Draw a line across the widest part of the patten, under the ball of your foot (where the front of the foot hinges)
- Cut (chisel, router, router plane, whatever) a recess 2" wide, and one leather thickness deep across that line
- cut through the patten, straight across the middle of the recess with a bandsaw or coping saw
- Cut a 2" wide strip of leather, slightly wider than the patten.
- punch 3 holes through the leather on each side of the hinge
- pre-drill 1/8" diameter, 3/4" deep holes into the wood, through the holes in the leather
- Nail the pieces together
- trim the leather
Make front and rear straps, according to picture. You will have to experiment with paper patterns to make sure of the fit. Patterns don't work well - you need to fit them to your foot. This might take a while, and waste some leather, but to make it fit, you have to do this.
- Use two nails to connect each end otf leather straps to the wood, Pre-punching and drilling all nail holes through leather and wood. For added durability, add a 1/2" wide leather strip with 2 holes in it as sort of a washer/reenforce on top of each strap end.
- Post pictures here if you are having trouble.
The group of four, the patten in the lower left:
- wood over 1" thick. Reccommend poplar, basswood, or alder. Don't use heavy woods like oak (especially red oak, which splits)
- Leather - use fairly heavy (8 ounce or so) leather. Standard oak-tanned tooling leather is fine. Oil it heavily with neatsfoot oil (not compound)
- 32 Nails, 3/4" rose-headed (if you can't find 3/4, buy 1" & clip them shorter)
- 2 buckles 1/2" wide (see talbot, thorthor, billy & charlie, etc. websites)
_______
Wood
- Trace the bottom of the shoe (not the foot)
- Modify the tracing, making it about 1/4" narrower along the sides of the heel and the broadest part of the foot.
- Transfer the tracing to two pieces of wood, making the grain of the wood run the long way
- Cut out on a bandsaw or with a coping saw
- rasp, file or belt sand the edges to smooth the cut marks
Make hinges:
- Draw a line across the widest part of the patten, under the ball of your foot (where the front of the foot hinges)
- Cut (chisel, router, router plane, whatever) a recess 2" wide, and one leather thickness deep across that line
- cut through the patten, straight across the middle of the recess with a bandsaw or coping saw
- Cut a 2" wide strip of leather, slightly wider than the patten.
- punch 3 holes through the leather on each side of the hinge
- pre-drill 1/8" diameter, 3/4" deep holes into the wood, through the holes in the leather
- Nail the pieces together
- trim the leather
Make front and rear straps, according to picture. You will have to experiment with paper patterns to make sure of the fit. Patterns don't work well - you need to fit them to your foot. This might take a while, and waste some leather, but to make it fit, you have to do this.
- Use two nails to connect each end otf leather straps to the wood, Pre-punching and drilling all nail holes through leather and wood. For added durability, add a 1/2" wide leather strip with 2 holes in it as sort of a washer/reenforce on top of each strap end.
- Post pictures here if you are having trouble.
Last edited by Jeff J on Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
BONANZA!!!
