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New mocs (FINISHED)
Pappy:
Looking good Josh, should be comfy. :)
Pappy
Del the cat:
Oh they look great...
They are the shape of feet!!!
(Unlike most modern footware which isn't wide enough across the foot-knuckles (I just made that term up, I s'pose it must have a real name ::)) )
Del
punch:
How long do these last before you have to replace the bottoms? I have been thinking about making some. If I'm not at work I am usually barefoot or in flip flops. I have to go pretty slow to keep the noise down when I'm in boots
Josh B:
JW-that's exactly why I prefer knee high mocs! Lol!
Thanks Pappy!
Del- foot knuckles.....I like it! Lol! My "foot knuckles" are wider than most. I have to buy footwear that's EE wide. Not sure how that translates in UK shoe sizing, but suffice it to say my feet are very wide. Maybe that's why I was always such a fast swimmer in my youth. ::)
Josh- there's no simple answer to that. Too many variables such as terrain, type of leather used, how often you wear them and so on. Where I live its all dirt with some occasional soft limestone here and there. Where you live is more sand and rounded rock. That will cause more wear and tear although not as bad as volcanic and flint type Rocky soils. Wearing them on concrete and asphalt wears them the fastest. This time I'm using oil tanned leather. I usually use brain or ivory soap tanned buckskin with either rawhide and beaver tail soles or tanned but not fully broken buckskin from the neck soles. I only wear mocs in the woods while hunting and I would get 3 to 4 years out of the buckskin soles, but I had to replace the beaver tail every year. I don't hunt near as hard now so I would be surprised if I don't get ten years out of these. I hope that helps. Josh
Josh B:
On a side note Josh, had I known I where I was going to go from Las Vegas, I could have hand delivered your staves instead of mailing them. I ended up loading in Long beach Monday morning. ::) That would have been much better considering it looks like the post office dropped the ball. Josh
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