Reenactors Shoes

[Dixiecat]

I was posting the information for people who needed the 'look' as well as the modern support.

I've been involved with people who do reenactments and not all can wear the period shoe without discomfort. Take the posting in that light, I have no need of the history lesson, but thanks.

[BoldHighlander]

Here are some more historically researched shoe sources (varying time periods) for those interested:

Historical Footwear

Re-enactment Shoes

Sarah Juniper

[Woodsheal]

One of the best is Robert Land in Canada. He makes 18th C. shoes for the Colonial Williamsburg staff and interpreters....

[sirdaniel1975]

I was posting the information for people who needed the 'look' as well as the modern support.

I've been involved with people who do reenactments and not all can wear the period shoe without discomfort. Take the posting in that light, I have no need of the history lesson, but thanks.

I totally got what you were doing. I'm sorry the others did not. I have consistent achy feet, knees, and, and back pain from working on my feet and welcomed seeing something with great arch support.

[Woodsheal]

I totally got what you were doing. I'm sorry the others did not. I have consistent achy feet, knees, and, and back pain from working on my feet and welcomed seeing something with great arch support.

I'm sure we all "got it", but this is the "Historic Highland Attire" forum, not the "What's Good Enough for Reenactment" forum....

[BoldHighlander]

I totally got what you were doing. I'm sorry the others did not. I have consistent achy feet, knees, and, and back pain from working on my feet and welcomed seeing something with great arch support.

I'm sure we all "got it", but this is the "Historic Highland Attire" forum, not the "What's Good Enough for Reenactment" forum....

I also "got it", which is why I thought I'd be helpful in posting links to historical shoe vendors

[Alan H]

I looked into the Groundhog shoes, and it appears that they're only made for women. They don't manufacture the ghillie shoe in sizes big enough for lads like me, US size 13.

My Guild is not, shall we say, *extremely* worried about spot-on, precise historical accuracy.

[Slag101]

Foot pain from poorly made/designed footwear is authentic to the time period. Some of us believe in "Play hard or go home". I also agree, you posted in a forum (designed for discussion) about historical highland attire. Just from my limited knowledge in this area of re-enacting, these shoes seem to fall far from the mark as far as authenticity. That being said, if it is what you are looking for, great. If you want the more accurate reproduction, you can't go wrong with Robert Land.

[KiltedChief]

here is a site with some bad *** looking moccasins. Good price around $45.00 http://www.renaissancemoccasins.com/footwear.html

[Alan H]

here is a site with some bad *** looking moccasins. Good price around $45.00 http://www.renaissancemoccasins.com/footwear.html

Yes... I may wind up going with those even though they are not very historically accurate. In part that's because these fit in well with what the rest of the "Scots" in my guild and the other guilds are wearing, and in part because they're affordable. I like the "boots" they make and think they'd look smashing on some pretty young things legs, but I can only stray so far from historical accuracy without twitching, and those make me twitch.

On the other hand, I've found a site that sells latchet shoes modelled after shoes recovered from the Tudor Warship, the Mary Rose

http://www.nmia.com/~bohemond/Bootsh...e/maryrose.htm

$75 for a handmade shoe that's authentic to the late Tudor period is pretty darned reasonable.