01-29-2004, 09:04 PM
Thank you Aitor for the e-mail.<br>
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Is there evidence that the outer sole leather was stitched as well as hob nailed onto the inner sole leather? Mark Beaby's reproduction shows this.<br>
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Medieval shoes used a method called tunnel stitching in which the needle did not go all the way through the outer sole leather. Instead it would pierce the top of the sole leather and curve in and out through the top layers of the thick sole leather. Using this method to sew the sole leather to the inner sole stops the thread from being exposed to the ground. Hob nails would protect the thread from being broken if the stitching goes all the way though as shown in the photo of M Beaby's but even hob nails break and fall out.<br>
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I would like to know if the photo is showing an actual reconstruction or a modern method of shoe making in regards to the sole. Stitching all the way though the sole leather is much easier than creating little tunnel stitches and as I am just about to start making some new boots I would find it interesting to incorporate this in the design. I also know that I can get hobnails like the ones in the photo.<br>
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The picture sent by Aitor has the same constuction of a shoe I was lucky enough to examine while walking into the finds room at the Arbeia fort some years ago (sent from another site). The triangle goes to the heal externaly, the toe cap goes externaly to the front, the small rectangle strip goes to the heal inside to create a small heal cup - gives extra support to the heal area. There is the outer sole leather, the inner sole leather and the mid sole leather. The mid sole leather is made up of two parts. A front part and a heal part. They are laced together via the inner sole leather. The inner sole leather has two slits in the center for the lace or thong to go through. Since I started making shoes this way I find them more comfortable. <p></p><i></i>
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Is there evidence that the outer sole leather was stitched as well as hob nailed onto the inner sole leather? Mark Beaby's reproduction shows this.<br>
<br>
Medieval shoes used a method called tunnel stitching in which the needle did not go all the way through the outer sole leather. Instead it would pierce the top of the sole leather and curve in and out through the top layers of the thick sole leather. Using this method to sew the sole leather to the inner sole stops the thread from being exposed to the ground. Hob nails would protect the thread from being broken if the stitching goes all the way though as shown in the photo of M Beaby's but even hob nails break and fall out.<br>
<br>
I would like to know if the photo is showing an actual reconstruction or a modern method of shoe making in regards to the sole. Stitching all the way though the sole leather is much easier than creating little tunnel stitches and as I am just about to start making some new boots I would find it interesting to incorporate this in the design. I also know that I can get hobnails like the ones in the photo.<br>
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The picture sent by Aitor has the same constuction of a shoe I was lucky enough to examine while walking into the finds room at the Arbeia fort some years ago (sent from another site). The triangle goes to the heal externaly, the toe cap goes externaly to the front, the small rectangle strip goes to the heal inside to create a small heal cup - gives extra support to the heal area. There is the outer sole leather, the inner sole leather and the mid sole leather. The mid sole leather is made up of two parts. A front part and a heal part. They are laced together via the inner sole leather. The inner sole leather has two slits in the center for the lace or thong to go through. Since I started making shoes this way I find them more comfortable. <p></p><i></i>
