Classical leather tanning

[Dan D'Silva]

Here are some of the shoes from the Alexander Sarcophagus. The first one shoes what could be a faint ridge running down the side, though I'm not at all certain. The second is all the ones from the color restoration. These are shown with a band the same color as the front laces encircling the ankle and reinforced my initial belief that the band around the top was the lace itself.

But if the laces are run through single eyelets in a chukka style rather than around the top moccasin-style, reinforcing the edges of the quarters would be a good idea as well because they will be under much more strain and could tear if not reinforced.