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mocassin tread
eorr:
I bought a roll of conveyor belt (maybe 30 ft.?) on ebay to use for moc soles. I glue it on with contact cement. As it wears thin, I just pull it off and replace it. Downsides are that it's not cool ;), when you replace it, sometimes a little moc comes off with it, and it picks up all manner of hair and debris... like Velcro. And if you do mt. man rendezvous I don't think it would be allowed. But you can't normally see it and it saves a lot of wear and tear on your mocs.
Josh B:
I use beaver tail rawhide for soles on my mocs.
726whk:
Gotta agree with some of the folks here.....if your gonna put rubber soles, glue, etc etc. on the moc soles ya just as well wear modern foot wear. Leather thongs or natural fiber small diameter rope work great.Unless ya aren't tryin' to be PC ( period correct) then it doesn't matter. I used small diameter manilla rope on some beaver hide boots i made and wore in alaska when trappin' and had problems stayin' upright on the ice....the rope worked well.
"Gun Doc" says he uses beaver tail rawhide....i suppose it's possible but i've skinned a lot of beaver tails as i like usin' 'em for small knife sheaths but i can't imagine they'd be tough enough or thick enough for moccasin soles that would last any amount of time.
Tim
Josh B:
My mocs all have a thick rawhide sole that I sew the beaver rawhide to. If you have ever had the pleasure of trying to remove a moccasin that has essentially been nailed to your foot with prickly pair thorns, you would then fully understand the need for double thickness soles. The beaver is to thin on its own but when combined with thicker rawhide, it not only protects the foot, but provides a little extra traction on some surfaces. You lose a little sensitivity to twigs and the like, but it is still far superior to modern foot wear IMHO. Josh
JW_Halverson:
My serious mocs are made of buffalo hide, lined with elk (oooh, so soft), with a boar hide outsole. I walk right thru cactus like I was wearing cast iron. Pity the guy that made 'em retired due to arthritis in his hands.
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