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SteveP:
So I need to make a couple of pair of snow shoes and I have a few questions.

What do you all use for the lacing for primitive shoes???

Also what type of wood do you use for the frame and the bracing on the inside???

Would it be better to use rawhide for the foot section of the shoe or is wood the best bet???

Also what do you use to make the part that will attach to your boot??

Steve

sailordad:
i have done some research on making snow shoes
but have not yet started on them
i have read that ash works great for the fame and rawhide for the lacing
although the rawhide does need to be sealed
my research showed two differant forms needed to make the frames,dont know if that is really neccasary
good luck

El Destructo:
I have only made three sets of Bear Paws...I used Ash For the Frames....Deer Rawhide for the Lacing...and a good thick Industrial Inner Tube from Farm or Mining Tires for the Stretch and Pull Over Boot Binder...the Rawhide needs to be laced wet...then let dry completely...then apply several layers of good Spar Varnish over the whole SnowShoe....hope that this helps

SteveP:
Sailordad, I saw your post and watch a bunch of youtube vids thanks to that and actually made a frame from one of them that I watched with a couple scrap pieces of 2x10 and some left over 1x2 just like the one that was on the video that was linked on your post.

Destructo, thanks for the info. Now I need to get on the trading post and get rid of some of this rock so I can get some rawhide lacing!!! About how much do you need for a single pair of shoes?? I really want to make two pair but will most likely make 3 or 4 pair.

Thanks yall.

Steve

El Destructo:
Steve...I really don't know ...because I have always used Homemade Rawhide from Deer that I have shot...and cut it into 1/2 wide Strips...I cut it into one continuous strip by laying it out in a big slow circle...and cutting a constant ribbon....once it is wet to string...the curve is pulled out as it is strung and tightened...then the 1/22 width shrinks down also as it dries.....hope that this helps

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