Valkenburg/Castleford style caliga step by step

[Martin Moser]

So you did stitch the back seam twice, on both sides. I did not understand the verbal description in Stepping through time. When they say, "tacked on" , they're referring to a simple running stitch?

Yes, just as shown in the diagram above (Posted: Mon 20 Feb 2006, 2:59). IIRC "lightly tacked on" refers to the inner strip of leather, as shown in the 2nd pic of my post from Mon 20 Feb 2006, 20:35, so this would make an additional, actually 3rd and 4th seam running down on both sides of the double seam joining the upper halfs themselves.

By the way, what is the historical evidence for the use of bees wax versus pitch in roman leather work? My copy of Stepping through time is packed at the moment and I do not recall seeing a mention of this.

Good question, I'll have to look through my literature about this ...