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Kuhmaulschuh
Hello all,
just came to know of this Forum and glad to join - just what I was looking for! :-)
I have just started building equipment for a Landsknecht/Arkebusier, doing where I have some experience at first - shoes. I tried a kind of prototype of a Kuhmaulschuh of the 1st half of the 16th century after finds from the Netherlands (fastening buckle is still missing) according to O. Goubitz reconstruction (if you look closely you can also see that I made a little mistake with the way the rand is sewn - stupid me :-P ):
Looking forward to learn a lot here!
Regards,
Martin
just came to know of this Forum and glad to join - just what I was looking for! :-)
I have just started building equipment for a Landsknecht/Arkebusier, doing where I have some experience at first - shoes. I tried a kind of prototype of a Kuhmaulschuh of the 1st half of the 16th century after finds from the Netherlands (fastening buckle is still missing) according to O. Goubitz reconstruction (if you look closely you can also see that I made a little mistake with the way the rand is sewn - stupid me :-P ):
Looking forward to learn a lot here!
Regards,
Martin
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Permalink Reply by Hendrik Garnkaeufer on -
Wow, those are gorgeous. :D I own "Stepping through time", too. Bloody awesome book. I don´t see the mistake though. But I am by no means an expert on shoes.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Moser on -
Well, you shouldn't be able to see the upper of the 2 threads, i.e. the one joining the rand to the upper. As I said, a minor thing :-)
It was just a first try anyhow to see how I'd get along with this type of shoe. The next one (I'll try the Alpirsbach find) should be better.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Harbin on -
Wow- almost perfect! (according to you).
I'd say they are darned-near perfect, anyhow! Awesome!
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Permalink Reply by Martin Moser on
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Some more pictures of the finished shoes with details:
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Permalink Reply by Martin Moser on
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A few more detail pics from before the outer sole is sewn on:
Complete view from below, you see the inner sole, the upper sandwiched between the frame and the inner sole and the sewing connecting inner sole, upper and frame:
Ddetail of the heel area, the additional sandwiched layer is the heel stiffener:
Different view of the heel area, showing more clearly how the stitching runs and how frame and sole are sewn together incorporating the upper and heel stiffener.
The technique used here is typical for shoemaking from around the end of the 15th/start of the 16th century, starting to replace the turnshoe that dominated shoemaking for probably almost a thousand years.
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Permalink Reply by Hendrik Garnkaeufer on
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That is so many shades of awesome, it hurts. :-D Congrats, it looks gorgeous.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Moser on
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Thanks, glad to hear you like it :-)
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Permalink Reply by Hendrik Garnkaeufer on
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To like it is slightly understated. ^^ I just happen to see that you are from Germany, too. One day I would love to learn from you how such a shoe is built. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Martin Moser on
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Yes, east of Munich. I can do a step-by-step like picture series the next time I do one if you fell like trying it out some time ...
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Permalink Reply by Hendrik Garnkaeufer on
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That would be most excellent. :-) Do you use a last and if yes, where did you get it from? Made ityourself or did you buy it somewhere?
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Permalink Reply by Martin Moser on
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Yes, I use a last, though a very simple one I made myself quickly. More or less a board in the shape of the inner sole, about 2 cm high with the edges on top filed round:
Note the cut, this is one way to make sure you get the last out again, too ;-)
Have yet to find a picture of an original one ...
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Permalink Reply by Berthold Jockenhöfer on -
What do you think about a working weekend - "Makeing shoes"???
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