Valkenburg/Castleford style caliga step by step

[Martin Moser]

After completing the outer row, I marked and nailed the inner design. I chose the same design as on my old caligae again (as you know there's all kinds of designs, from straight lines to pictorial stuff like tridents, swastikas and such, some occuring all the time, others specific to certain periods).



This is what the insole looks like after nailing...



makes you understand what the originals look like after a few centuries (this one from Mainz)



Time needed for cutting insole, glueing it in, preparing nailing design, and nailing (one shoe): 2h 30min