Great video, as always. I love that you show even things that don't work out so well- it helps show people what can go wrong and how to deal with it. Just showing successes is much less useful. I've made several turnshoes myslef and it can certainly be done without a last- I don't have any and mine turned out beautifully. You can make a pattern as you did, just with tape over thick socks (best to put cling wrap on first). I'm very excited to see you having given us a source for the metal sewing bristles- I've wanted to find something like that for a while, but had no luck. I'll definitely order some from your sewing guy ;) Thanks!
Thank's and welkome to the Patreon team! If you got some special suggestions, ideas or feedback, let me know :) . The Last made the process so much easier and helped me to get a feeling for the proportions. It would have been possible without it, but I definitly would have needed more then one try XD .
@@TheShielderyThanks and will do. You've inspired me to try making shoes with a last at some point- I just wanted to get on with the shoes and making lasts (I didn't realize they could be found to buy) seemed like a lot of extra work; but now I'm curious enough to try. Once I get through the dozen or so other projects I have in mind already LOL
I've been looking for medieval shoe tutorials, everyone makes soft toed turn shoes, love the point. Also, for your next try, I think you need an undersized sole. Modern soles are significantly larger than medieval ones.
thanks! I will wait and see how those of the video work. They fit excellent with the felted insoles of my last video so faar. If you take a look at the source I linked, you can see that the soles weren't that much smaller.
Bondo Autobody Putty works well to modify shoe lasts. Sets very fast depending on how much hardener you add. Buy an extra tube with the can and.get a hardware store to paintshake the can before you open it. Otherwise it is very hard to stir the filler in the bottom.
I think it is a great video and shows a lot about the challenges when working with leather just a minor point of critique would be that at some points your voice is a bit inaudible but apart from that I liked it and especially your enthusiasm
Thanks! I am still figuring out, where to place my microphone correctly 😅! after edditing this video I watched like 5 tutrials, because it annoyed me, too. I actually re-synchroniced like 8 lines while being in frame XD. I didn't do that with the ones you refere to, because I thought they add the feeling of the moment better, then what I could re-record. BUT your oppinion makes me doubt my decision XD. thank's a lot for your feedback! that's exactly the kind of review I want and need to improve! :))))
Eu tive tbm a oportunidade fazer um par de sapatos medievais a uns 2 anos atrás para um cliente de um museu, foi muito difícil fazer mas consegui, usei um couro mais grosso e um mais macio, usei como molde um sapato viking. Foi prazeroso terminar e usar o mesmo. Costurei todo e depois inverti como vc fez. São semelhantes nossos modelos.
@@TheShieldery I also had the opportunity to make a pair of medieval shoes about 2 years ago for a client at a museum, it was very difficult to do but I managed, I used a thicker and softer leather, I used a Viking shoe as a mold. It was a pleasure to finish and use it. I sewed it all together and then reversed it like you did. Our models are similar.
I will be very happy to send me the pattern and from where to cut the leather and the size of 41 ! I will be very happy to make for myself and kids around me ! Love and respect from Iran
Thanks! The patterns vary to much from foot to foot. Just take your owen measurements like i did from the lasts, but in your case directly from your feet. That would be quicker and better then trying to make something standart
Yes ;) . the old ones still don't show a sign from wearing, but I didn't dry them propperly and a bit of (white) mold cought on... I'll still use them primary. What I changed to the new ones is 1.: the leather. I used goat leather for the sides of the new ones and it feels way better; 2.: I added a triangle on the inside of the heel, caus on the left shoe which I made in the video I always slip back like 5 cm in the shoe and then don't walk on the sole, but on the side leather. The triangle should prevent that. I used a stitch with which you don't break through the lather completely, but only penetrate it halfway from the inside. If you want you can send me a friends request on FB or write me in another way in which I can send you pictures if you are interested further ;)
With the lasts, hammering, nailing the sole leather(!) and excess shoe leather it looks like you have researched modern shoemaking videos going into this. Did you look at _any_ turnshoe videos?
I watched all turnshoe-videos youtube suggested on page one and two of search results on youtube, but they where either eddited badly, had missing informations or where over complicated - and what was the thing about the video series which ended years ago in the middel of the process?! - that's Why I decided to make this video, caus there was a huge content gap. So I had a two houre call (and many messages) with the Expert that I linked in the description. He said that lasts where found in the middle ages from the 14th century onward. The earliest source I got on hand spontaniously is from the "Hausbücher der Nürnberger Zwölfbrüderstiftung, Mendel 1" from 1425: hausbuecher.nuernberg.de/75-Amb-2-317-17-v/data (under the chair) // edit: I looked our chat up, and lasts existed allready in the early middle ages, here a pair from the 7th century: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisten#/media/Datei:Alamannic_Lasts.jpg The shoe model I made here is from between the 14th and 15th century, so that checks out (link also in description). Nailing the sole to the last makes a gigantic difference and is extremly easy and cheap to make, so it most likely was done that way. I also wore them for a logner time on wet ground and didn't feel any moisture entering through the sole. The oil cloged the holes instantly. I think my video is the best on crafting an autentic medieval turnshoe on youtube, at least compared to the one I found bevore I started recording. If you got any further questions, don't hesitate to ask :)
Hi sir im new making leather and this will be my fir bearfoot leather shoe's! But i need help from you just want to know the pattern and how many pieces of leather is bearfoot? Is it possible to help me out i will be very happy to make 1 just like yours! Im wearing stand4q size shoes!
For bearfoot shoes, I'd choose the same thickness as I did for those shoes. I'd only make them more round on the tip. For the pattern, just wear a sock and then put tape arround your foot. Similar to what I did with the lasts, but instead directly on your feet. Then cut the tape layer in a similar shape as I did in the video and copy it to the leather :) . By doing that it will fit way better then any standart pattern for size 41 :)
The leather sole is difficult to compare to a plastic one. I'd say the leather material itself is way more gripy and gets even better, when it's wet (swells up => rougher surface). But on the other hand it has no profile. On muddy terrain the profile of a modern shoe won't help you much either though and you would have to carry a lot of dirt arround. The feeling while walking is a bit different, but after the first day I'd actually prefere it over a plastic shoe on a field. It feels quite bad on hard surfaces, like an asphalt road for example, caus the thin leather is not elastic at all. I got to walk way smoother on those, but on an event the roads are not paved, so; Yeah, I'd recommend it :)
For many free downloadable .pdf books of excellent quality try the Archaeology of York books on the publications page of the York Archaeolgical Trust. It includes Anglo-Scandinavian Leatherworking
Hello, i just saw your comment after watching the video and i got to check the york archeological website but couldnt find any of those pdf you mentionned (especially about historical leatherworking) .. Would you mind sharing some links you found ? Maybe i didnt look well enough Cheers, thank you !
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Great video, well done on your first pair! They look great
Very well made André
I love the video and especially the way you deal with challenges! :D And talk to the shoe tip :D
Great video, as always. I love that you show even things that don't work out so well- it helps show people what can go wrong and how to deal with it. Just showing successes is much less useful. I've made several turnshoes myslef and it can certainly be done without a last- I don't have any and mine turned out beautifully. You can make a pattern as you did, just with tape over thick socks (best to put cling wrap on first). I'm very excited to see you having given us a source for the metal sewing bristles- I've wanted to find something like that for a while, but had no luck. I'll definitely order some from your sewing guy ;) Thanks!
Thank's and welkome to the Patreon team! If you got some special suggestions, ideas or feedback, let me know :) .
The Last made the process so much easier and helped me to get a feeling for the proportions. It would have been possible without it, but I definitly would have needed more then one try XD .
@@TheShielderyThanks and will do. You've inspired me to try making shoes with a last at some point- I just wanted to get on with the shoes and making lasts (I didn't realize they could be found to buy) seemed like a lot of extra work; but now I'm curious enough to try. Once I get through the dozen or so other projects I have in mind already LOL
Very impressive!
I've been looking for medieval shoe tutorials, everyone makes soft toed turn shoes, love the point. Also, for your next try, I think you need an undersized sole. Modern soles are significantly larger than medieval ones.
thanks!
I will wait and see how those of the video work. They fit excellent with the felted insoles of my last video so faar. If you take a look at the source I linked, you can see that the soles weren't that much smaller.
Bondo Autobody Putty works well to modify shoe lasts. Sets very fast depending on how much hardener you add. Buy an extra tube with the can and.get a hardware store to paintshake the can before you open it. Otherwise it is very hard to stir the filler in the bottom.
I honestly prefer straight diamond awls for making the holes, it makes it easier to make uniform holes
OK. Even for Entering the sole? I also got a straight one and couldn't make those holes that good with it....
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I think it is a great video and shows a lot about the challenges when working with leather
just a minor point of critique would be that at some points your voice is a bit inaudible
but apart from that I liked it and especially your enthusiasm
Thanks! I am still figuring out, where to place my microphone correctly 😅! after edditing this video I watched like 5 tutrials, because it annoyed me, too. I actually re-synchroniced like 8 lines while being in frame XD. I didn't do that with the ones you refere to, because I thought they add the feeling of the moment better, then what I could re-record. BUT your oppinion makes me doubt my decision XD. thank's a lot for your feedback! that's exactly the kind of review I want and need to improve! :))))
good to know, that i was of help!@@TheShieldery
Eu tive tbm a oportunidade fazer um par de sapatos medievais a uns 2 anos atrás para um cliente de um museu, foi muito difícil fazer mas consegui, usei um couro mais grosso e um mais macio, usei como molde um sapato viking. Foi prazeroso terminar e usar o mesmo. Costurei todo e depois inverti como vc fez. São semelhantes nossos modelos.
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@@TheShieldery I also had the opportunity to make a pair of medieval shoes about 2 years ago for a client at a museum, it was very difficult to do but I managed, I used a thicker and softer leather, I used a Viking shoe as a mold. It was a pleasure to finish and use it. I sewed it all together and then reversed it like you did. Our models are similar.
I will be very happy to send me the pattern and from where to cut the leather and the size of 41 ! I will be very happy to make for myself and kids around me ! Love and respect from Iran
Thanks! The patterns vary to much from foot to foot. Just take your owen measurements like i did from the lasts, but in your case directly from your feet. That would be quicker and better then trying to make something standart
Did you use raw or boiled linseed oil to treat the leather?
raw linseed oil. but on the long run I learnd to use linseed oil only on the sole and olive oil on the rest.
Awesome video. This was 11 months ago. Have you tried doing some again?
Yes ;) . the old ones still don't show a sign from wearing, but I didn't dry them propperly and a bit of (white) mold cought on... I'll still use them primary. What I changed to the new ones is
1.: the leather. I used goat leather for the sides of the new ones and it feels way better;
2.: I added a triangle on the inside of the heel, caus on the left shoe which I made in the video I always slip back like 5 cm in the shoe and then don't walk on the sole, but on the side leather. The triangle should prevent that. I used a stitch with which you don't break through the lather completely, but only penetrate it halfway from the inside. If you want you can send me a friends request on FB or write me in another way in which I can send you pictures if you are interested further ;)
@@TheShieldery I cant find you on facebook
@@TheShieldery and i cant find your instagram either, i‘d love to add you to see the pics. I‘m from germany too - south germany
@@jasonanthonywilper HA I leb grod in Minga. FB und Insta : Andre Schätz
Fantastic video! You continue to make me interested in things I didn't know I was interested in, haha
With the lasts, hammering, nailing the sole leather(!) and excess shoe leather it looks like you have researched modern shoemaking videos going into this. Did you look at _any_ turnshoe videos?
I watched all turnshoe-videos youtube suggested on page one and two of search results on youtube, but they where either eddited badly, had missing informations or where over complicated - and what was the thing about the video series which ended years ago in the middel of the process?! - that's Why I decided to make this video, caus there was a huge content gap.
So I had a two houre call (and many messages) with the Expert that I linked in the description. He said that lasts where found in the middle ages from the 14th century onward. The earliest source I got on hand spontaniously is from the "Hausbücher der Nürnberger Zwölfbrüderstiftung, Mendel 1" from 1425: hausbuecher.nuernberg.de/75-Amb-2-317-17-v/data (under the chair)
// edit: I looked our chat up, and lasts existed allready in the early middle ages, here a pair from the 7th century:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisten#/media/Datei:Alamannic_Lasts.jpg
The shoe model I made here is from between the 14th and 15th century, so that checks out (link also in description). Nailing the sole to the last makes a gigantic difference and is extremly easy and cheap to make, so it most likely was done that way. I also wore them for a logner time on wet ground and didn't feel any moisture entering through the sole. The oil cloged the holes instantly.
I think my video is the best on crafting an autentic medieval turnshoe on youtube, at least compared to the one I found bevore I started recording.
If you got any further questions, don't hesitate to ask :)
Hi sir im new making leather and this will be my fir bearfoot leather shoe's! But i need help from you just want to know the pattern and how many pieces of leather is bearfoot? Is it possible to help me out i will be very happy to make 1 just like yours! Im wearing stand4q size shoes!
For bearfoot shoes, I'd choose the same thickness as I did for those shoes. I'd only make them more round on the tip.
For the pattern, just wear a sock and then put tape arround your foot. Similar to what I did with the lasts, but instead directly on your feet. Then cut the tape layer in a similar shape as I did in the video and copy it to the leather :) . By doing that it will fit way better then any standart pattern for size 41 :)
Hello! I'm really, really curious. How's the grip??
The leather sole is difficult to compare to a plastic one. I'd say the leather material itself is way more gripy and gets even better, when it's wet (swells up => rougher surface). But on the other hand it has no profile. On muddy terrain the profile of a modern shoe won't help you much either though and you would have to carry a lot of dirt arround.
The feeling while walking is a bit different, but after the first day I'd actually prefere it over a plastic shoe on a field. It feels quite bad on hard surfaces, like an asphalt road for example, caus the thin leather is not elastic at all. I got to walk way smoother on those, but on an event the roads are not paved, so;
Yeah, I'd recommend it :)
@@TheShieldery awesome, thanks!!
For many free downloadable .pdf books of excellent quality try the Archaeology of York books on the publications page of the York Archaeolgical Trust. It includes Anglo-Scandinavian Leatherworking
Hello, i just saw your comment after watching the video and i got to check the york archeological website but couldnt find any of those pdf you mentionned (especially about historical leatherworking) ..
Would you mind sharing some links you found ? Maybe i didnt look well enough
Cheers, thank you !