Ancient Ghillies

**aonghas** · 25th July 14, 04:31 PM

I am very drawn to them, heritage I guess. Would be good for the wilds not for continous hardened surfaces.

**Stan** · 25th July 14, 06:58 PM

By putting the 1/4 inch soles on the ones that I made, I think that they would wear well on hard surfaces. When walking on paved surfaces, the Dr Sholes (sp?) inserts that I put in them make them feel like your walking on marsh mellows.

It's interesting how comfortable they are, and two full days on paved surfaces didn't seem to have much affect on the leather.

**fuzzy42nd** · 29th July 14, 10:21 AM

I have made several pair. As I do French and Indian War reenacting, I generally wear buckle shoes. These are a great change and quite comfortable if you use an inner sole. I have felt inner soles. Several people use leather or a piece of sheep skin.
SinJin

**figheadair** · 2nd August 14, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by Calgacus

[COLOR=#000000]These are ancient ghillies:-Attachment 20469

Beat me to it!

**uncle remus** · 2nd August 14, 04:42 PM

here is a link for those who would like a pattern for gillies. it includes links for various shoe sizes as well as instructions

**uncle remus** · 2nd August 14, 04:44 PM

oops forgot the link

http://mikemojc.2bitsabyte.com/Gillies.html

**kilttrip** · 4th August 14, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

Frankly, a shoe or boot without an arch support is not all that comfortable to me.

http://www.arrowmoc.com/pt.html

I got a pair of ancient ghillies at a Ren Faire that I really like. They look, at least to my inexperienced eye, to be fairly historically accurate. As far as no arch support, I go with admittedly anachronistic Dr. Scholl's arch supports. They work rather nicely.