Making Medieval Shoes By Hand
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Am I ever going to make medieval shoes by hand? No.
Am I gonna sit here and watch this whole damn video? Yes. -sips tea-
Am i going to pretend there is a snowball's chance in hell I might make them? Yes
Pass the tea please
Scooch over. Do you have any cream and honey for my tea?
I don't even own a needle and thread yet somehow cannot stop watching this woman's videos.
Actually, if you like barefoot shoes, these might be a good homemade alternative! I might just give this a try sometime!
That was fascinating, especially the stitching method with two needles (not to mention the needles themselves!). Thank you!
I also find the bristle needle process fascinating!
Fabulous video, I’ve started leatherworking and have made a couple of bags. I find something really special about working with the leather. I’ve been using the two needle method and I find it much easier than regular sewing, not with boar hair of course !
Feel like I read somewhere that Rawlings baseballs are sewn using a similar method. This would make since as both objects are made of leather and the seams need to be strong
sara choate
It’s called a saddle stitch, and is very common for leather seams, especially those that need to be strong.
@@ragnkja thanks for the info my sewing skill ends at hemming pants and replacing buttons. Watching Morgan Donner and Bernadette Banner give me aspirations that one day I will get good enough to sew my own clothes
These shoes are so neat and very cute. I love how ingenious the boar bristle sewing needles method was. I would love to try this one day. How does it feel to wear an outfit that was head to toe made by yourself?
So fun! I should try my hand at Victorian shoes someday 😱
Boar bristles are still used today in modern bespoke shoemaking! Well, actually pretty much everything you did is exactly or almost exactly as it is done today!
Woooo! Coming after your Victorian shoe making skills next 😆😆😆
Morgan Donner please do!! 💪🏻😉
Vicky, I totally started watching your videos after taking the same workshop Morgan did! I'd love to attempt some Victorian or Edwardian shoes at some point!!
That's actually pretty cool.
Tiffiny Lawrie you should go for it!! 💕
I wish the History Channel still had actual quality history shows. Morgan Donner has the kind of voice that reminds of historical programs, in a good way. I would watch a whole marathon if History Channel gave her a show.
Why watch it on the History Channel. Everything is produced to fit between commercials and scripted. I'd rather watch a well filmed and produced video like this one right here.
That's why I watch PBS. They have tons of shows like this in my area and are not so produced with ads in mind as there are no commercials. Their shows very much have the feel of this video and many topics just like this.
I always end up stabbing myself in the hand at least once while I'm saddle stitching leather with metal needles, so the boar bristles sound like a major improvement in the matter of preventing hand stabbing.
yea
If no one has told you yet, that cool half-round knife is called a head knife.
Ooo, thank you so much! *running to order one i m m e d i a t e l y*
@@MorganDonner Glad I could be helpful.
I used to live in Iqaluit (Canadian Arctic) and the Inuit have a similar knife called and ulu
oops typo. Called an "ulu"
Morgan Donner it’s totally bad-ass and dare I quote Ms. Banner...”#extra!” No different than her shears/dagger of destiny. Besides, you can show it off at events. Just make a leather waist strap to carry it.....
Awesome!
I love how following historical practice illustrates how practical they were. They knew how to use the materials at hand, just as we know how to use modern materials, so it feels to me like hands reaching across time to touch.
This is the perfect way to describe the feeling this video gives me!
My great grandfather was a shoemaker, I never knew him yet was always interested in shoemaking, even before learning this, nobody in my family passes on skills and trades anymore. Seeing this video made ne so happy.
Those look like they would be comfortable like moccasins. They remind me a bit of Roman shoes too if they had another layer to the bottom with rivets.
This is truly fascinating, and now I desperately want to make some shoes 😃
YESAS, do it!! Make some fabulous shoes (and video the process toooo 😉)
So interesting. I was fascinated by the boar bristle needles. I can't imagine ever taking this craft up. But I've said the same about hand stitching... so never say never.
Thanks for sharing.
Morgan: "...but I decided to go for a fairly simple design"
me: [looks closer] "ah. mushrooms"
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Somehow I would end up sewing my shoe to my pants😂 everyone in this Community has so much patients for there garments it’s crazy I never finsh my garments
I hope that you will feel the joy of completing a project soon. You feel like you are walking in mid air!
ShippingAvaLance
That has totally happened to me...several times...in my long and illustrious (not) sewing career. Don’t give up, it’s totally normal 😉
Ladies and Gents does she ever quit? No. No she doesn't.
SHE MADE SHOES
All I can think of is "Youu like my shoes? g thanks just made them" XDDDD
I don't know about Morgan but I've been showing the pair I made to everyone around me saying "I MAde These WITh MY HANDS" ☺☺☺
I see it, I like it, I sew it, I got it
Oh my freakin Thor. I have now dug out my mock up shoes out of my "I have no idea what I'm doing" drawer. I don't have time to do them now as I'm learning to focus on fewer projects till they're completed, but when I do have time I shall be so grateful you posted this video. Thank you awesome maker of wonderful things!
The sheer nicheness of this project is so wonderful and entertaining. This feels like a craft that very few people would come in already knowing about. Thank you for sharing the process!!
That "needle" is fascinating!
This video had big Mr. Roger's energy and I am here for it.
I now have the sudden need to make my own leather shoes.
I saw "beef tallow" and all I could think of was "how do dogs not chase her everywhere she goes?"...! Loved seeing this process and your finished shoes. Very cool!
My own dogs are surprisingly uninterested after the initial sniff. I do love the idea of having magical dog befriending shoes though!
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@@MorganDonner lol!
Aimee Kluiber May be that’s partly why dogs became mans best friend!
That must be why dogs chew shoes :)
One of my uncles was a leather worker. I saw him work several times as a child. Fascinating stuff
120 songs? That's just a bit short of my Eurovision favourite bops playlist. Anyone wants to make shoes with Eleni Foureira?
First: the shoe is cute! Reading about shoes and their place in history and civilization has always interested me. Getting to actually see the investment of time and skill necessary to create them was golden. I'm fascinated by the boar needle in practice. I never quite grasped the process from text. This is lovely. Thank you so much for sharing.
They look very comfortable.
I have new appreciation of my shoes and look at them in a whole new way! 😁
Woah, i think this is the first time I've ever seen a video within SECONDS of posting, and it's about making SHOES! so exciting!
Congrats on getting to the party right on time 😉🎈 Thanks for watching!
The stirrup strap workholding solution is so simple and clever, nice.
Darn it, I'd just convinced myself not to get into shoemaking! Curse you!!!!!! (Joking aside, these look super duper awesome! Thanks for the video!)
Dooo itttt! Once you get all the supplies, you can make so many shoes :D #cursedforlyfe
@@MorganDonner I have lots of leather working supplies left over from my old job as a leather worker...wouldn't be TOO hard of a switch to shoes, but first I'm going to make the leather strap for a demicient that I decided to do after you introduced me to Billy and Charlie's!
It looks very much like making pointe shoes for ballet. Interesting how some of the basic steps haven’t changed in thousands of years. I definitely admire your patience!
Well, they still have to fit human feet, don’t they?
The bristle needles and the work strap=mind blown! I struggle with holding my leather projects and don't want to make a stitching horse, the strap may be the answer. Also, this video gives me hope that I might be able to tackle my own shoe-making adventure.
So awesome to see the whole process! I once tried taking a class at an ithra where the teacher bragged he had lasts and patterns for all size and shape feet. He spent the majority of the class proving to the class he had some for my feet. Spoiler alert: he didn't. My feet are short and very wide. It would have been faster to create a new pattern. I still haven't made myself turnshoes. :P
I tie flies for fly fishing and we use a very similar method of wrapping thread onto the hook to begin dressing the design. I found this very interesting, thanks for sharing.
I'm a simple woman, I see Morgan donner, I click Morgan donner
I love these! I really want to make my own now.
Heck yeah! Lots of great patterns in the books I linked to in the description.
Very cool, I love watching you work with the leather and the ingenious needles. That was great that you had a mentor there to help instead of having to work things out by your self.
Thanks for showing us this - It's so interesting that they used boar bristles as needles! :)
Thank you so much for this one. Felt like i was living vicariously and taking the class with you! I'm sharing it with my brother who is a medieval historian
How cool! I have a pair of short, 3-button boots that were made for me and I love them. Hubby’s are a little taller at 5 buttons. They were made by Catskill Mountain Moccasins. They’re 12 years old and hardly look it.
They look really cool, and it's so nice to see them come together. There are a lot of things I never would've thought about (the needles!), there's just so much to old crafts to explore. Thanks for taking us along!
Everything about this video is so incredibly fascinating!! The reality that a boar's hair is this strong is blowing my mind a bit, I've felt how wiry a pig's coat is at a farm before, but that's really intense. I also really admire you, and all the others there, for very much committing to historical accuracy. I have learned so much, my nerdy historian's heart is so happy!!
Wonderful craftsmanship! Those shoes will probably last longer than many modern shoes.
None of your business
Given that I’ve read that turnshoes - if worn daily - tended to wear through the sole in about three months, that’s not exactly a favourable comparison for modern shoes.
That is pretty cool. I appreciate your level of detail and clarity, along with the video visuals.
They are beautiful and goodness the work that goes into them! Phew. Thank you for showing us.
Oh my! These look SO comfortable!!!!
I absolutely adore them!❤️💖
This workshop sounds like tons of fun! Very interesting watch how shoes were made by hand doesn’t happen much nowdays
They look so comfortable! You did a great job on them.
I just love to see all your attention to detail and I got to learn something new about how shoes were made back in the day thank you so much for all your hard work and your meticulous detail it was very informative and the shoes came out beautiful
Wow! The boar bristle needle is so cool! Thanks for showing that!
I’ve been meaning to make some turnshoes, and am so glad you made this tutorial! It really helps to see these things in action, rather than just read about them. Thank you!
Absolutely fascinating! Thank you so much for including us in your journey. This is definitely something I'd love to try.
I loved this it's so cool thank you for sharing it. I especially liked the boar bristles as needles and how really simple it actually was to thread ☺
What a cool project! It makes perfect sense as to why the boar bristles would be used. They turned out great. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely brilliant! I love the boar bristle needles! So much easier and practical👍
This was so cool to watch! I’ve always wondered how these were made!
Absolutly brilliant, love the use of the boar bristle needles. I had never heard about that before when used with leather.
This is so cool! I have a pair of handmade shoes from Turkey and I appreciate them even more now.
I need to take one of these classes! Shoes and I have a love/hate relationship, I love fun shoes but I inherited a mild birth defect that is just enough to require special insoles as well as my feet being a weird size 6EEEEE men’s shoe (I’m female...my pointe shoes in ballet were laughable). I’m used to special ordering work boots and sneakers but dread trying to round out my wardrobe with period footwear. At least I already have quite a few leatherworking tools including one of those round bladed knives.
So cool! I've never worked with leather before. It looks a bit tricky, but also fun. I love making stuff I can actually wear or use!
what a cool and niche interest! medieval shoemaking! i love it. this was absolutely fascinating
This makes me feel so inspired even though medieval is not really my time! The whole boar bristle thing is just amazing!!
THANK YOU! I've been fascinated by the idea of making a pair of shoes and the information in this video is so interesting and helpful.
That had to be the most amazing workshop ever!!! I am so glad that its not a completely lost art!!! Thank you for sharing this. It was Most interesting.
Wow! What an amazing experience. This video had me smiling the entire time. Looks like loads of fun.
Loved how thorough all the steps were explained and showed.
Also loved seeing all those tools you wouldn’t know were a thing you needed like that round knife and the handles to tighten the thread without ruining your hands.
For well about a year now I’ve been intently watching and reading about shoemaking, preparing to make my own, and I’ve got to say you have shown me the technique that ties all of the knowledge I’ve gathered together.
Thank you so much for sharing your work.
You are SO talented!
You and Marika have inspired me to start sewing again.
Both of your videos have me in a constant state of awe 😍
Thank you for the ongoing goodness you bring to the TH-cam world! 😊
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This was amazing watching you make these. Thank you for posting this video.
I love seeing how those old world historical necessities go together. Cool!! Glad you didn’t hurt yourself with the awl thing. Pointy!!! I also think you are most crafty and open to learning all these new things. Hooray!!
Love this video! I have taken one of his workshops, myself. He is a fabulous and fun teacher! Would soooo love to do it again!
This was so interesting to watch. I can't believe you are so good at making shoes. They look really comfortable.
First time here and I want to thank you for your very clear and technical explanation of all the steps! I really appriciated the close ups and explanation of solutions to problems that might come up. Very well done! Best wishes from Sweden
That was so interesting, and I love the end result. It makes me wonder who figured out a boar bristle could be a needle! It’s completely ingenious. It also solves one of life’s big mysteries about how the combination of thread and sewing needle is so hard to used on some fabrics that don’t yield.
Morgan! Great job! Love your shoes! They are a lovely colour and look to be very comfortable. My grandfather was a shoe maker; I used to spend hours watching him craft the shoes; brings back fond memories.
what a great opportunity!! thank you for sharing this fascinating process with us!
Notably enthusiastic, detailed, and clearly determined to give your viewer something interesting and worthwhile. Much appreciated 😉👌🏼
Bless you for your hard artesian craftsmanship.
It took a medieval clothing recreation to show people how awesome it is to make your own shoes. 😍 it truly is my impossible dream to make my own heels.
I love to see how things were done back then. I am especially interested in how they made their sewing needles and threads. So you can imagine my excitement at seeing this. Thank you so much.
This was fascinating to watch, I have made moccasins in the past but have never attempted anything like this. I stand in awe of your courage to tackle this project.
WOW!!!! this is so cool, what an awesome craft!! i really want to try making my own leather shoes now! this medieval style/technique has intrigued me so much more than modern shoes as well
You never cease to amaze. Your videos are always lighthearted with a touch of whimsy. Your videos are clear with processes and through instruction as much as possible.
Having made three pairs of turn shoes, the process can be quite complex, and labor intense. Once completed, you feel such personal satisfaction.
Thank you for sharing.😄
Absolutely loved this video. I would have loved to be in that class singing aong! Thank you for making your videos. They are a joy to watch. I loved the one where we got to see your patient husband help you make your foam dress form.
I love watching your stories. Yes, stories. I feel I'm being transported in your story telling of your adventures. Your calm, pleasant nature is lovely. Be blessed.
What a fun work shop... and truly a “work” shop- quite a bit of work involved! I’m so glad you showed the process, especially because I have 2 of the tools you were using to pierce & tighten... I had no clue what they were for! I have used the sharp end to make holes in leather but wasn’t really sure that was what it was intended for.
I am amazed at your commitment to your craft. I would have a hard time having the patience for some of these things but it's fascinating to watch.
That was a very much appreciated subject. Thank you for shedding some light on this proces. checking the links next
I'm continually impressed by your craftiness!
Wonderful video. Watching this made me fully realize the reasons why the notorious guild system formed in the first place.
So many technical details to impart to an apprentice that stayed hidden to a man on the street.
Now I'm itching to get my hands on those books you mentioned. Very inspiring to creativity!
This is really helpful!! I've been trying to figure out how to make leather shoes by hand in general for awhile now!
I know that I will NEVER ever make these myself but I just absolutely LOVED watching you! I loved listening to you explain each step...I was fascinated!
Inspiring and educational video! Thank you so much for sharing!
I need to subscribe now. Please make many more videos!🤩
Ow this is so helpful! I have to make some 15th century shoes for my 4yo son because kids shoes are really hard to get.
Now I have some pointers and where to look for. That book is going on my wishlist! Thanks!!
I just found your channel and I subscribed because I love all types of needlework... taught myself bobbinlace and this seam's to expand on things I want to learn... thank you for sharing your knowledge..hugs Lynn Weasenforth 💯💜💛💙🌹
Really nice! Shoemaking has been one of those things I'd love to try but definitely can't justify spending all the cash on for the specific tools and material. A workshop is a great idea.
I've got a leather sewing handbook that does its best to explain the boar hair needle, but I had never actually seen one made or used before. I just use an awl and blunt tip needles. Seeing them in use was really cool.
I have always wanted to make my own leather shoes, my grandfather was a leather maker and taught me the basics, but could never find a video, this has been helpful.
Also, the music you had in place for the Disney section is the same music they use for the Dungeon Run so I was really excited to hear that.
Fascinating! I've made 2 pairs of turnshoes but only with modern tools. Your info on using Boar bristles and splicing together more thread was wonderful. Thank you so much. Now I must find where to get Boar Bristles... =)
Beautiful work and the shoe style is so pretty!
This video is very interesting. The shoes are adorable and look quite comfortable!
Dude! I am amazed, this was so fun to watch, and Learned so much. Seeing the shoe turn right side out was intense. I hope you’re super proud of them, cause I sure as heck would be! Quite an accomplishment
This was fascinating and very interesting. They look great and the boar needles were incredibly cool.
This was so awesome to watch! Lovely pair of shoes!
I honest to goodness gasped when you showed what to do when you run out of thread. It's so helpful and easy!