McIans Footless Hose

[auld argonian]

In Foucault's Pendulum, book publishers discover that everything really is connected. Thinking of Umberto Eco, I seem to see a connection between Piobear's brogs and Graham's thread on barefootedness (barefootedry? barefootedism? going without shoes?).

Connectedness...it's like truthiness...

...one of my favorite books...maybe we owe a bit to Carl Jung; this is synchronicity...or was that Sting and the Police...?

I have to ask any of you who have worn those brogues or moggins or currans or whatever how they feel to wear...I'm sorry but it looks like they would be pretty uncomfortable...if you tighten up the laces enough to keep them on it would cut off your circulation and if they were too loose you would keep losing your shoes. I'm asking this in all seriousness...I'm not trying to be funny, I'm genuinely curious.

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[Caradoc]

I'm sorry but it looks like they would be pretty uncomfortable...if you tighten up the laces enough to keep them on it would cut off your circulation and if they were too loose you would keep losing your shoes. I'm asking this in all seriousness...I'm not trying to be funny, I'm genuinely curious.

Well, with the ghillie brogues and the currans you lace it onto your foot, then put a few twists in the tie (I twist my ghillie brogue laces five times before continuing up the leg) to keep tension on the foot laces, then wrap around the ankle before tying them off.

The laces around the leg are a lot looser than you'd think.

[PiobBear]

I have to ask any of you who have worn those brogues or moggins or currans or whatever how they feel to wear...I'm sorry but it looks like they would be pretty uncomfortable...if you tighten up the laces enough to keep them on it would cut off your circulation and if they were too loose you would keep losing your shoes. I'm asking this in all seriousness...I'm not trying to be funny, I'm genuinely curious.

My ghillie brogues get a couple of twists in front, a half hitch in back and tied off in front. The laces don't bother be, but the ghillies themselves are damned uncomfortable, especially if you do a lot of walking in them (heaven forbid a parade). Admittedly, my feet are more accustomed to flip-flops than dress brogues.

My currans are tightest at the ankle and top of the calf, just under the knee. They're not tight enough to be at all uncomfortable, and the shoes themselves are soft as slippers.