Not braintanned leather, just made with a commercially tanned moose hide but I love 'em anyway! Lots lighter than winterboots and warmer too (with army wool liners).
Mukluks
Not braintanned leather, just made with a commercially tanned moose hide but I love 'em anyway! Lots lighter than winterboots and warmer too (with army wool liners).
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Good looking mukluks. Did you design your own pattern?
SWEET! Those are way, way too cool! Great job!
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Dang, lady. Those are outstanding. Even the moose would agree if he saw those.
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Very nice, good job!
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They look extremely light weight, do you use a water repellent? Very comfortable I'm sure. Very nice job.
They look like you bought them. Great job.
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They are lightweight compared to boots, but my boyfriend has a pair out of brain and smoketanned leather, and those are even lighter.
I don't use a water repellant on them, so I just wear them when it's cold and not out on the lake where there might be overflow. They are superwarm, no problem in the -30s at all, because your foot gets to move around a lot in there since there are no laces except around the leg.
The pattern I used for cutting out the leather pieces is from a booklet, so I don't want to post those instructions because of the copyright. They're fairly easy to make though - basically, just take a pattern for mocassins and add the leg part
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These guys are happy to provide a pattern and instructions. They are not from the far north but the design principles are close.
http://www.nativetech.org/seminole/m...nstruction.php
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Great job. Very nice looking. How is the traction when walking on snow?
Those are gorgeous! Great work! any chance of sharing the details with us? I like the way you did your seams. They look really neat! I really love the beadwork on the toes, too. Keep it up, those are spectacular!
Very nice! I'd like to make a pair myself.
I glued a crepe rubber sole underneath, otherwise going uphill and downhill on packed trails gets a bit too interesting.
All the seams are fortified with an extra strip of leather and the heel ends in a little upturned tab - I like that because you don't end up scuffing the seams so much as you walk. I was a bit worried the beading might be a bother in snowshoes bindings but over the course of three winters, I haven't had a problem with it.
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Very nice workmanship WW,and you have used them how many winters and they still show almost no wear and tear!
BEAUTIFUL!
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Very nice indeed you have real talent WW.
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