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Dane:
Hi all. Here is my first pair of moccasins. I was lent a great video, Constucting Woodland Moccasins with Michael Galban. and highly recommend this video. He makes it very easy to follow along. He gives instruction for the lower center seam style and this high top style.

I used cowhide instead of buckskin for this pair, just in case I blew it, and sewed it with artificial sinew and a glover's needle. It took perhaps 3 hours to make. It was a suprisingly easy project.

They seem very comfortable, but i have to still tromp around in the woods to properly test them.

Thanks for looking,

Dane

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half eye:
Very nice....do they have the reinforced soles or the style where they packed grasses into them? They look like most things woodland, ie: practical.
Rich

mullet:
  Nice, Dane. Those look like mine.

Dane:
Thanks, Rich and Mullet.

No reenforced soles. I wonder what kind of life expectancy these things have? I was just reading about the Lewis and Clark expedition. They made mostly eastern style mocs, and generally wore them out quickly, sometimes a pair a day. They are easy to make, so perhaps they aren't intended to last for a long time?

Dane

makenzie71:
well it looks interesting but they don't seem practical at all.  Considering the life expectancy, my $30 Wal-Mart boots with Nitto 555RII rubber nailed to the soles are fancy.

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