Reenactors Shoes

[Dixiecat]

http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/pr...D&No=48&page=3

Not sure if this board is the proper place, but I saw these shoes and thought some reenactors might be interested.

[sirdaniel1975]

Thank you for posting that link!

[Woodsheal]

Those look like modern dancing "ghillies" with thick soles! For affordable period shoes, here's a good source:

http://www.fugawee.com/

If your heart is set on the highland moccasins known as "cuarans" these are just about perfect (with a thin sole added for comfort):

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

[Dixiecat]

Those look like modern dancing "ghillies" with thick soles! For affordable period shoes

Nothing wrong with that as I've been given to understand that this 'modern' style goes back some hundred years.

And these have a very comfortable sole for those that need it.

[Woodsheal]

Nothing wrong with that as I've been given to understand that this 'modern' style goes back some hundred years.

And these have a very comfortable sole for those that need it.

At least a hundred years! Probably well over 150, but I would still consider that "modern." Most highland reenactors are doing portrayals from the 17th and 18th centuries. In that timeframe, the moccasin-type footwear ("cuarans") looked like this, often with the hair left on the hide, as shown:



Highland army soldiers of course wore hard-soled shoes, usually with buckles but sometimes lace-up....

[JRB]

...the moccasin-type footwear ("cuarans") looked like this, often with the hair left on the hide, as shown:



....

To get historically accurate shoes like that you pretty much have to make them yourself. I haven't seen anything like that from any historic shoe source. They remind me of some Viking age shoes.

[Jack Daw]

Those look like modern dancing "ghillies" with thick soles! For affordable period shoes, here's a good source:

http://www.fugawee.com/

If your heart is set on the highland moccasins known as "cuarans" these are just about perfect (with a thin sole added for comfort):

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

I can vouch for both styles as I have them as well. With th Fugawee buckle shoes you have the choice of straight or right and left lasts.

[zenney19]

does the top of the toe have a nother peice of mateiral or is it the sides laced together?

[JRB]

That is leather lacing.

[The Laird of Glen Lean]

Right folks hear goes, This guy is good, bit no web site as yet, but can be contacted by E mail at,
geo.lawrence@blueyonder.co.uk
Give him a try. He's based in Perth Scotland.
Slainte.