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Late Medieval Pattens
Ian:
Just finished up a pair of late medieval pattens. They're a wooden overshoe that you wear strapped to your turnshoes when walking through things unsuitable for just the leather of your shoes. This particular design was inspired by one of the examples in Olaf Goubitz's Stepping Through Time. James Barker helped me with the woodwork.
The photos roughly show the steps of making one if you want to try it. The wooden portion is from a board of poplar. It was planed and then roughed out on a bandsaw. The shaping was finished with a belt-sander, and eventually by hand sanding.
The wood is then finished with boiled linseed oil.
A pattern was drawn on to blue painter's tape with a sharpie with my turnshoe on there and a dummy foot so I could make it fit properly. Then the pattern was laid flat on some freezer paper and traced as individual parts so I could save the pattern for future use and apply it to the leather.
The patterns are then traced on to the leather (6-7 oz veg tan cow) and then cut out and dyed.
Pilot holes are drilled in to the pattens to avoid splitting and steel cut nails (closest modernly available 'medieval' nails short of forging them) are nailed in place to secure the leathers. (These nails are affordable and readily available for your medieval woodworking projects here: #CW2M, the first listed box will get you about 200 nails for $19)
The strap is punched with holes and secured by another nail driven through both leathers, and is adjustable.
and the inspiration from Stepping Through Time:
Thorsteinn:
:o 8)
Sir William:
You'll be the belle of the ball in those heels, Sir Ian. ;)
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2014-09-11, 18:58:53 ---You'll be the belle of the ball in those heels, Sir Ian. ;)
--- End quote ---
lol, I imagine they take just as much getting used to while walking in them.
Sir James A:
That nail through the strap thing is interesting. I wonder why they did that instead of a common buckle?
Fantastic work, Sir Ian!
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