Appropriate Footwear

[Woodsheal]

There were "brogan-ish" shoes during the 18th C. called "high-lows", but I've never seen any image of them being worn by Highlanders. I've cut my Civil War brogans down into below-the-ankle 18th C. shoes, with two lacing holes each side instead of four. Many common folk wore lace-up shoes instead of buckled.

So, cutting down your brogans would be your cheapest option. Check out the "1740's Commoner Shoe" on this page:
http://www.civilwarboots.com/enter.h...tml&lang=en-us
You'll see that they are basically cut-down brogans, for $160...!

Another source for decent priced 18th c. shoes is the aforementioned Fugawee:
http://www.fugawee.com/Men's%20Colonial.htm

And, many reenactors swear by Mr Robert Land's excellent footwear:
http://www.robertlandhistoricshoes.c...t/Detail?no=12

[DWFII]

There were "brogan-ish" shoes during the 18th C. called "high-lows", but I've never seen any image of them being worn by Highlanders. I've cut my Civil War brogans down into below-the-ankle 18th C. shoes, with two lacing holes each side instead of four. Many common folk wore lace-up shoes instead of buckled.

So, cutting down your brogans would be your cheapest option. Check out the "1740's Commoner Shoe" on this page:
http://www.civilwarboots.com/enter.h...tml&lang=en-us
You'll see that they are basically cut-down brogans, for $160...!

There! The above link takes you to a pair of shoes (the Commoner) that is described as a "cut down buckle shoe." That's pretty much what I was describing in a previous post to this topic.

But, although it may look a little like a brogan, from the perspective of a shoe maker, it is not. It is styled and made like a buckle shoe.