01-08-2009, 06:44 PM
The sound of silence here is me waiting for Theron or Sekundar to reply themselves. It's their research and their kit!
However, I'm pretty sure that they have reproduced in heavy wool what most of us here in Toronto now think was done in felt--a wrap around "boot" that fit the foot and lower leg under a sandal, and was then wrapped with a leather strap. Hunters and travelers are often shown in these, and sometimes cavalrymen.
That felt "boot" or "sock" is pictured on vases--often under a couch at a symposium--and I think that folks often miss that it was worn WITH a sandal, not alone.
by the same token, you see a bit of fur poking out of the top of "Thracian" boots. As far as I can judge, looking at a bunch of illustrations, in winter, Greeks and Thracians both wore "stockings" made of soft animal skins (fur side in) under their buskins/boots/Thracian boots (or call them what you will.) This is the only thing that makes sense to me looking at the illustrations, and it is consistent with native American moccasin use (two or three pairs worn over each other).
I'm also pretty sure that Sekundar is wearing Scythian boots--short unsoled boots like moccasins.
Wrap around puttees of wool are dead easy to make and also seem pretty common in period. As long as you don't wrap too tight, you can get your foot and your leg warm and comfortable.
However, I'm pretty sure that they have reproduced in heavy wool what most of us here in Toronto now think was done in felt--a wrap around "boot" that fit the foot and lower leg under a sandal, and was then wrapped with a leather strap. Hunters and travelers are often shown in these, and sometimes cavalrymen.
That felt "boot" or "sock" is pictured on vases--often under a couch at a symposium--and I think that folks often miss that it was worn WITH a sandal, not alone.
by the same token, you see a bit of fur poking out of the top of "Thracian" boots. As far as I can judge, looking at a bunch of illustrations, in winter, Greeks and Thracians both wore "stockings" made of soft animal skins (fur side in) under their buskins/boots/Thracian boots (or call them what you will.) This is the only thing that makes sense to me looking at the illustrations, and it is consistent with native American moccasin use (two or three pairs worn over each other).
I'm also pretty sure that Sekundar is wearing Scythian boots--short unsoled boots like moccasins.
Wrap around puttees of wool are dead easy to make and also seem pretty common in period. As long as you don't wrap too tight, you can get your foot and your leg warm and comfortable.
Qui plus fait, miex vault.
