10-26-2011, 01:04 AM
I dare to disagree. I've been a reenactor for some 15 years now, I've worn a lot of shoes and boots, never with any problems. This includes sandals and various kinds of hard-soled boots, like my dragoon ones, soled with wood. The DSC caligae are the very first ones ever to give me this kind of trouble. The week in caligae was in camp and woodland conditions, never any kind hard surface.
My guess as to the main source of the problem:
- too thin a sole. If I step on a hard surface I can feel every nail. This made my feet hurt like hell after the march in Chester
- wrong nail distribution. The pattern may be exacerbating the problems inherent in flat-soled shoes.
I intend to make a pair of caligae for myself some time next year and I do intend to cheat by having thicker leather under the balls of my feet and making the foot slope towards the front.
My guess as to the main source of the problem:
- too thin a sole. If I step on a hard surface I can feel every nail. This made my feet hurt like hell after the march in Chester
- wrong nail distribution. The pattern may be exacerbating the problems inherent in flat-soled shoes.
I intend to make a pair of caligae for myself some time next year and I do intend to cheat by having thicker leather under the balls of my feet and making the foot slope towards the front.
