Making Simple Prehistoric-style Leather Shoes
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- Drawing broad inspiration from prehistoric shoes, including the current world's oldest shoe from Areni-1, I'm making a pair or very simple but comfortable leather shoes to wear with my Neolithic outfits.
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Those look very similar to the “pucker toe” moccasins from my tribe…the Chickasaw tribe in the United States. They used to wear those in times past.
I made a pair like that ages ago, with a decorated strip covering the seam down the centre. They were so comfortable and quite pretty.
We call them "abarcas" over here and I believe the English word for them is "pampooty shoes". It's a very old design whose origins are lost in the modst of time and maybe were even used already when your ancestors and mine were the same (some 50,000 years ago maybe).
in biology there's a term "convergent evolution" and the basic idea is that there are only so many solutions to a problem. eventually you're going to have overlap. I believe this applies to problemsolving too.
pampooty shoes! I love that
@@LuisAldamiz 😃 they were worn by people living on the Aran islands off the west coast of Ireland and they were called pampooties!
What a wonderful video. I've been barefoot most of my life, and because of this, have wide feet that don't fit into the modern shoe. Now I can make myself a pair of custom shoes for when I walk through fields with lots of stickers, or when I'm in public. Thank you!
I don’t have access to leather like my prehistoric ancestors might but what I do have is thick denim scraps, so I’m gonna have a go at making a pair with that and see how it goes!
Great idea, let me know how it goes!
I’m a myoskeletal realignment therapist. Your feet look exactly like feet are supposed to look like. The toes and metatarsals are supposed to be spread out, and the arch is not supposed to be high. Our toes are supposed to grip a wide variety of ground terrain, and our plantar fascia and Achilles’ tendons are supposed to act like springs to store kinetic energy and bounce us into the next step. Nature invested a whole lot of thought into our feet with so many intricate muscles that get squashed and atrophy in modern shoes, especially with all that arch support and heel cushioning. Our feet just can’t act like natural feet in modern shoes.
Celebrate those lovely natural feet! I wear minimalist shoes only, so mine are just like yours.....gorgeous!
Thank you!
@@SallyPointer You’re welcome!
I love this comment
what if your feet are the opposite (narrow, small ankles, high instep, high arch, yet falling inwards) and wearing " correct " shoes is quite painful? I can't rearrange my fullgrown feet without being in pain for quite a while first.
That is fascinating!
I could really get behind this whole free-form shoe idea. My mom has duck feet and my dad is a sasquatch, so I was doomed to have wide flipper feet with no arches, and I have one foot that's just over 0.5 inch/1.25 cm longer than the other, give or take. Modern store-bought shoe sizes are just never gonna work for me, finding new shoes is an adventure in disappointment... When I find a pair that fits I wear them until they disintegrate.
Have you looked at barefoot shoes? I inherited my dad's duck feet ... there are barefoot shoes that are too wide even for me, and I thought that was impossible. [Softstar Primal Merry Jane]]
They are very similar to some I made for toddlers many years ago : they protect the feet, but allow for freedom of movement. Thanks for the video. I really like your style, especially the absence of annoying and inappropriate background music.
holy fuck woman that is fascinating how does this channel not have many more views??? that is my niche. goddammit. im inspired to maybe make a channel like this sometime, but focusing on ancient amazonian and eastern south american tecnologies, cause those are my ancestrals and the whole "primitive" view people often have of these people is just ignorant racism, cause these cultures produced and still produce so many fascinating and complex and useful and good quality products!
but most people often forget just how much knowledge we have acquired as an species, and think people only started making good and smart things after the industrial revolution! look at weaving! that IS tecnology!
wow im so fascinated thank you for bringing this knowledge to youtube. this was a college lecture in a youtube video
Crazy how similar in fit and tying these are to the “modern” day Irish dance soft-shoe ghillie! Main difference being there is more gap on top of the foot and therefore more lacing showing. But still, remarkably similar! Oh, a fairly newish difference in the ghillie world is that within the last 20 years, the makers have started putting a seam underneath the arch to form-fit the foot even more. And then the extra bit of leather sole is under the bottom of the heel point and ball area. Before that though they we’re always flat with an extra full sole piece like yours for longevity.
The ghillie came to mind too.
Thank you, I have no idea how I managed it but I had totally forgotten about ghillie shoes. Even though I used to do competitive highland dancing as well as lots of Scottish country dancing, and my daughter did Irish dancing. They are the perfect solution to my shoe dilemma, as long as I can have heavyish rubber soles glued/sewn on to make them suitable for wearing on modern pavements etc. The perfect answer to all my problems and I had totally forgotten about them. Thank you so much for the reminder.
This reminds me of my close friend, when our children were very small. My son walked early, usually barefoot where safe. Her son had a lot of difficulty getting into walking when he was ready. The hard shoes the pediatrician insisted on for support were hopeless. He just struggled about, stiffly.
Then she gave him little soft moccasins. He took off like a rocket, never looked back. His were tiny versions of the shoes Sally's making here.
Now I wonder how to get cheap leather, go make for myself.
maybe a bag at the thriftie!
Used couch, people give them away for free
Ooh, good thinking.
Same w/ my Babies !
Barefoot whenever possible, or in Sox, or Mocassins if need be !
I also remember that the rather expensive "Doctor Recommended" baby shoes, had Soles stiff as Wood !
thrift stores often will have leather jackets for pretty cheap, and they tend to save them up over summer and then out them out when the weather starts to cool
Can’t believe I have only just discovered you! Absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge.
I think I’ll cancel my Netflix subscription for a while 🤔🤣😍
Thank you for making this wonderful video. It is maybe the best instructional video I have seen on TH-cam. I've been wanting to make some simple leather shoes for years and I after watching this video I am going to give it a try. You are a very good teacher.
So interesting to hear about prehistoric shoes. It makes me feel a bit weird to know that scientists could look at my skeleton years from now and know that I covered my feet!
Whoa, I really love the simplicity of the design. I think I will actually try that.
Those look a great deal like Choctaw shoes.
Interesting that you can leave a footprint through them when wet. They are like the bare foot shoes that are all the rage!
Gives me ideas of crocheting the base pattern and sewing it up
Good tutorial for making a pair for earthing purposes. Thank you very much.
4:18 from template
Amazing, thank you very much!
I was just thinking about making simple shoes! Perfect timing!
Wow, great, you can explain how to make shoes in 16 minutes!!! Thank you, next on to do list: find leather!!!
This would be great for baby shoes, better tract than those awful ones we have now
Oh thank you a lot beautiful lady you helped me so much have a good day ♥️
Oh what joy ! not only a new Sally Pointer vid but one I have wanted for a good 40 years. not because I can't buy shoes from a charity shop but because I once saw Bronze age shoes when I could not afford them and put off making some by trial and error. I don't re enact my desire is purely pleasure. Size 6 is 39 by the way. blessings and good health to you Cadi
Size UK6 and US Men's is a 39 ... US woman's 6 is a 35 or 36.
Commonly, the leather is thickest and toughest along the spine, in the middle of the tanned skin. Best would be to set the centre of the soles for both shoes along the spine section of the hide, since you want the soles to be thick and lasting. Use two hides, if neccessary, and use the sides of those hides for something different.
If one wants equal thickness and strength, take both pieces from the same level of the hide coming from the spine. ideally like one is walking heel toe heel toe on the spine of the hide to cut the pattern. The closer it gets to the belly, the less tight the hide fibers are, as well as more stretchy, and less long lasting. (i.e. belly leather makes for good undergarments)
I knew that leather I kept from out old sofa would be useful again! I've used it as a base for some wool slippers I made but I might have a go at making these too. Thanks Sally!
yes! This exactly my case, I have old leather sofa we wanna get rid of. Have you done the shoes was it ok?
@@ofirshorshy8281 no, but i have used the leather to make soles for some wool slippers i made and ive been using them for nearly a year without the sole wearing out. I have worn them briefly outside too
Tonight I've been sewing covers for the arm rests of a computer chair, something I've never done before - but as I was working it all felt very familiar. I think I've half remembered this shoe making video and have made upside down shoes for arm rest covers! It worked and they look fine :D
What a great idea!
Very interesting. I learned decades ago to make Native American moccasins from traditional patterns. Those were very different but also very comfortable.
time to make some sheepskin slippers for around the house I think... thank you for the instructive video, very well presented.
I made a pair of early shoes on my channel from a thin leather and this video reassures me since I wasn't entirely sure about the thickness which I used. Great channel!
I regularly walk around my camp barefoot, but have often thought about making some shoes. Thanks for the video, I know what I will be doing later, this evening 🙂
For strength and resilience, the lacing should be flesh side inward, top grain outward.
Thank you - very interesting indeed.
Sorry, almost forgot.
Thanks for another wonderful video and a big Thank You for all the work you do to share your talents & wisdom.
Great video! very clear and precise! Im going to try this out, thanks!
getting ready to go to the farmer's market. there's a vendor who's been selling fleece and i missed her last week. so i'm occupying myself with your work while I poke through my purse to make sure i have everything.
And now I am wondering if I could somehow put a decent rubber sole on a pair of ghillie shoes to make shoes I can wear on a daily basis. Due to medical issues shop bought shoes don't fit, unless I buy them 3 sizes too big (and yes, they then fall off). Laced shoes are never large enough and I have been looking for a cordwainer locally to make me some. I had totally forgotten about the hours and hours I would wear ghillie shoes for nearly half a century ago when dancing (Scottish highland/country) and how comfortable they were. Plus they are so adjustable for when my feet/ankles are extra swollen. Heavyish rubber soles and I can once again go out and do some exercise. Brilliant video (and a special thanks to A Little Pillow Company, I had totally forgotten about those shoes and my daughter did Irish dancing as well).
Like others below, even when I could still fit into shoes I always found the trainers/runners/whatever you call them to be painfully uncomfortable, but then I also grew up wearing no shoes in the house and often none in the garden and we wore flat ''roman'' sandals as our summer school uniform which gave protection from the hot pavements/roads but that was about all.
Brilliant video, came just at the right time for me (I've only recently found your channel) but I have been wanting similar shoes for a long time.
Even a few mm of flat rubber soling make a huge difference in durability and traction while still allowing lots of flex. A hardware store might have something usable, or you could look up vibram or neoprene branded stock. There are shaped rubber soles, but most if not all of them inhibit foot freedom.
Great tutorial, thanks!
How did I miss this one? Working on canvas mukluk type boots at the moment.
I love your videos as much for the archeology as I do for the crafts 😄
Fascinating and useful!! I have been barefoot or wearing comfortable flats shoes and sandals all my life, so never had bunnions or odd distortions and have very healthy, big feet lol. Intersting how my daughter copies me without thinking, never wears high heels, maybe platforms that still keeps the feet flat and she has beautiful healthy feet. She has pinched a couple pairs of my old leather boots, flat and comfortable ones, including a 40 years old burgundy Brazillian pair of boots, that now only needs the zips to be resewn as the thread is deteriorating! Looks a lot like a riding boot, so classic ageless style
Sally Pointer. You & i have the very samezies toes !!!
I Luv your feet b/c they’re
just like mine, honestly. Most amazing is the second toe to the pinkie toe which has a unique shape that i haven’t seen on anyone else’s foot !!! Thank Y❤️U for being my long lost sister!!! ❣️❣️❣️
I want to make those! They are so cute, and I love walking bare foot. It may protect some against the trash outside. (I live in the city, there is broken glass and stuff everywhere.) I want to try to make something like these with wool too, for winter indoor! It should be possible to knit a stretch in that shape. Thank you so much! I will share your video with two people I think will love this too. Have a beautiful day! Hugs! 🤗
Felted wool would work well - I've used old knitwear that's been accidentally felted in the wash.
@@gmr1241 Hi, thank you, that is a great idea! I have to figure out how to do that. I just bought "some" wool for the first time, right off of the sheep, and I got such a truckload!!! I don't even know where to put it! I can try to learn how to felt, that would hold longer than knitted, I think. At least the slippers I knit now are lasting no more than one winter. Thanks! Have a great weekend! 🤗
@@JackyHeijmans Felting is a good idea - put the wool into vacuum storage bags till then. Have a great weekend yourself!
@@JackyHeijmans beware - moths will eat that wool if they can get to it.
@@francessilta7892 Thank you, I am aware. I had a lot of wool cloth, like a beautiful wool cape, and it all got eaten by those moths. I could cry! I did buy a bunch of big buckets with a lid, and have the raw wool in there. Nothing can get to it in those. I think I got rid of near all the moths by now, have not seen any for a while. I am yet to learn a lot, so I am grateful for any advice given, even if it is something that I unfortunatelly already found.. Much love to you! Have a wonderful weekend! 🤗
Wow! Now I feel inspired to make leather from my kombucha SCOBY and try this.
love these
I am so grateful for the knowledge that you share.
Thanks from Canada 🇨🇦
Beautiful thank you
Another fascinating video. Thank you Sally.
Great 👏👏👏!!!
Thank you Sally, just the advice I needed to get making :)
Thank you for the video.
You amaze me.
Great and nice work! Good drawing as well! Thanks for sharing! Best wishes, Sepp
I want to try this!
I Loved Seeing These Made ~ It was so interesting 🌿
Simple et efficace, merci Sally
They look great! I have a question about the soles, how long do they last? Especially if you don't just walk on grass or soft earth?
I once made sandals from cowhide that got really worn out on the heel after a few hours of walking (including on pavement) and since then I've always used modern rubber soles, but I still like the idea of shoes made completely out of leather. Is there a big difference between animals or ways of tanning? Or would you just have to keep patching the heel if you walk on rough surfaces?
Thank you for all your work, you're a wonderful teacher and make me interested in trying things out myself, I love your tutorials on working with plant fibers in particular.
I generally make a pair a year, and they get worn on very mixed surfaces. You can add an additional foot shaped piece glued in for a thicker sole which helps wear
@@SallyPointer Thanks. A year is really long with how easy these are to make, I thought people back then had to put nails in the soles or just replaced them very often, but now I have new hope!
I recall reading somewhere that Amerindians , which was the right word at the time, carried spare soles for long journeys and expected to get 6 weeks wear from one pair
@@cadileigh9948 great idea to carry spare soles
They make stick on pieces to help high heels to have grip on slick surfaces.
I used to put them on the bottom of my daughter's moccasins as she was a fancy dancer & having traction was important for her safety, as well as extending the life of her shoes by covering the wear areas.
Your content is everything I was looking for, I love learning these types of things, thank you so much for sharing this knowledge xoxo
Your an absolute blessing your channel has really help my with my own impression
That's lovely to hear, thank you
Thank you so much for this video! I've been looking for a style that I could make myself for earthing/grounding. It's so good for you! Sending love to you and yours from Virginia USA!
Like Roman Carbatinae !
You are amazing😊😊👍😆
New sub here. I am binging, saving, sharing, thumbs upping and really enjoying! Thank you for recording your efforts. Art is so universal don't you think? I think there is little difference between simply making something to the utmost level of creativity and producing a product that is about function. Bravo!
cool
Really enjoyed this vid, straight to the point. Your shoes look sooo comfy Im going to make myself some from an old leather sofa like someone here suggested. Thank you for your very interesting video.
Ps my feet look just like yours from years of wearing dms 😁
That was fantastic. Thank you! Now I'm inspired to make myself some since I am frequently barefoot on our thorny property.
Some kid probably got chewed out for losing his shoes haha
Five stars!
I made one, it is a bit cheaper because I used old sofa leather, but it is so awesome.
I have a question, what shoes where used in cold and wet climate ? in winter.
Thanks ahead
Have a look at the Otzi shoes, those were being worn in snowy conditions
Leather has always been the choice of "Best', for the health of your feet, after that , socks. I started buying my own shoes, had to look long and hard for inexpensive leather one, till I finally gave up. They breath, yet keep the warmth in. Wool socks would be great. I think Otzi used straw, but so did North Americans. Or bison wool.
They look so nice!! Now I want then for daily use!!
Go for it! Try a slightly thicker leather or an additional insole layer on rough ground
@@SallyPointer I ill try first with soft one. Then will d one for outside. Th k you for your videos and DIY 👏👏
For street use, may wish to buy some sheets of Craft Foam from the craft store, and glue it to the bottom of your Sandals.
While not Authentic, this is the 21st Century after all; and the Ronans didn't have to deal with rough Concrete etc !
The leather gathering in the front is very common in "traditional shoes",. In Romania village people either went barefoot up until early 20th century or they wore "opinci" which are the same style of shoes or Dacian ancestors used. It's so interesting to see how the same techniques are used for slightly different style of shoes due to the limitations of the materials and tools as well as just practicality.
Wonderful video, Sally, so helpful and informative. The shoe/foot/toe bone theory is fascinating.
Do you put beeswax on for waterproofing or to keep them soft?
I probably will rub a bit of oil onto them at some point
Bear fat would be cool
They look fantastic, my only concern is leather soles are incredibly slippy.
Those look similar to Cherokee pucker toe moccasins.
Some styles are found right across the scope of human existence and range, just shows what a timeless design they are!
What tanning process was used on that leather? The way you were talking about forming them it sounded like a vegtan, but I wonder if modern chemicals were used on it.
Cool shoes.
It's a modern vegtan in this instance
Sorry to respond too late, but do you have any tips for the "scrunching"?
Have you ever heard of pucker toe moccasins? It's a traditional moccasins style from eastern tribes, especially connected to the Cherokee.
Same shoe. This is also the basis for Irish Gillies.
And the "experts" still say no ancient Europeans ever came to the Americas.
There's also the Windover bog burials in Florida that are almost identical to burials in a lake in Switzerland. These burials are also the oldest weavings found so far in North America.
So many very diverse cultures and regions have something similar, which isn't really surprising when you consider how simple a structure this is. It's lovely to see the different incarnations of 'put your foot on a bit of leather and pull it up to fit' and think how many countless generations did the same thing 🙂
The idea that the experts still say no Stone Age Europeans came to America is starting to change.
It may still take some time, but it is becoming more and more obvious that the East coast of the United States of America is littered with flint knives and points very similar in design to the Solutrean cultures of Western France and the Iberian peninsula.
I think it's only a matter of time that it's considered obvious that people sailed from Europe to America thousands of years before anyone else arrived.
And all those Solutrean style knives and points aren't found anywhere in Asia/Russia at the Bering strait. In fact, the technology is completely different and could never be confused together.
@@josephnebeker7976 have you looked into the Windover bog burials in Florida? The original research and archeologist said the skulls showed that these people were Caucasian.
These are the oldest known textiles in North America ... AND the burials are too similar to bog burials in Switzerland to be a coincidence.
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Very nice I'm researching how to make a pair so Very helpful thanks and you have very lovely feet nice color for the nails 😁
They look like ballet shoes a bit,
Could these be worn in mucky/wet conditions? Or does that depend on the kind of leather?
I find it they get extremely wet they can stretch a bit, but generally ok especially if we'll greased
Is it possible to line the shoes with rabbit fur?
I should think so
I suppose I could use a baking sheet for this
How thick would you say the leather is?
It's pretty thin, maybe 0.9mm, but nice and strong
Do they help with flat and planter fasciitis?
If 'barefoot shoes' are suggested for your conditions, you may find these suitable
"Barefoot" living is an excellent defense against foot problems, but sometimes our feet are so compromised that support is needed when tired or if we can't avoid overstress (i.e. job requirements). However, rehab must happen, or we are stuck with both foot pain and expensive support.
One sprinter was talking about plantar fasciitis plus a few other problems when he said, "I’m not a scientist or a podiatrist. But when I look at the research, it seems like the problem for many cases of flat foot isn’t that the foot needs support. That is, the “cure” for the problem is not putting your foot in a cast (which is essentially what an orthotic is), it’s using it- which strengthens it."
Personal experience says nutrition also plays a big part in our ability to heal and get stronger. Look into nutritional broths, collagen, and foods that help ligaments and muscles.
My feet are different sizes-probably from my acromegaly.
What is the thickness of the leather please?
About a mm I think here
@@SallyPointer thanks!
Have you seen eastern woodland moccasins? Similar to what you have.
It's a style seen in several cultures and regions, makes very adaptable comfortable shoes
@@SallyPointer I don't understand how people used these without getting foot problems
@@lusolad you learn to walk differently in thin soled shoes, they are nothing like modern hard soled cushioned shoes to wear
@@SallyPointer I use to do 17th and 18th c reenactment and wore moccasins. They were a decent way of going barefoot for me.
Maybe it's because I hadn't been brought up in them body just did t get acclimated.
@@SallyPointer how much 'milage' do you get out of these shoes? Can we approx. how often those would have been replaced or repaired back then? I find this very interessting :) I used to have leather Bussiness shoes with leather soles and 'modern' materials as well and except the heal I also could feel everything I walk on. But those shoes work good in offices, walking to/from the office it was not perfect (or just not used to it ;) ) I think I had to replace the soles every half year or so.
This was when you could "eat your shoes" if you were wrong or starving i love that saying but ive not heard it for a while probably because its now untrue with plastic and all sorts of nonsense. Im all for all leather/natural footwear.
Those are one uglyyy shoes...😆
But i really enjoyed watching you doing this project.
honestly I think those look much better than many of the sneakers which are going for hundreds or more, those with much hype ;)
Forget looks. Think n feel function.
why would you make Native stuff and expropriate the culture considering how they make their money by making and learning their crafts?
These shoes are found worldwide, mine are based on a 5500 year old shoe from Armenia for example.
please de-hiss your audio, it's unlistenable (for me, i mean)
Any ideas how I do that? I just film on my phone and have zero technical skills, so need talking through how to do that. Thanks