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Made a turnshoe! But being the impatient person I am, I may have used the sewing machine >.>

It seems to have worked pretty well, minus the part where the upper meets the sole. I have a feeling the upper will make too much contact with the ground as I walk, and end up wearing away very quickly.
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~thatboy35 Mar 25, 2013  New member
i want to know how to do this, step by step. can someone help me, including materials. :)
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What kind of leather (thickness) did you use for the bottom? What kind of leather did you use for the top? I want to see if I can make three pairs between now and our Ren Faire in April!
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~healormor Mar 13, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
I don't know if I can answer very usefully, since I don't know the ounces/weight. The white leather was very thin, too thin I'd say. The sole was not as thick as I would use if I were hand sewing, but definately stiff, enough so to protect your feet from any rocks. You can feel them through the leather, but it won't hurt.
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~thatgirl35 Mar 14, 2013
But that gives me a great idea to work from! Thank you! ^_^
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~sgainbrachta Feb 28, 2013
Add a treadsole- and make it just the tiny bit wider than the sole, so it will take all the wear and tear. I attach mine with "Barge's Cement", and then do a heavy linen thread through the sole and tread sole, but on the bottom- hide the thread in a channel cut into the leather. You'd need to use a thicker leather for this, probably an oily "blacksmith" leather, or best of all- a tooling leather.
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~Luthrai Aug 12, 2012  Hobbyist
Looks like they came out pretty well! How're they holding up? What kind of leather did you use? Where did your pattern come from?
I apologize for all the questions. I'm the only person in my historical fencing group to have made their own turnshoes and now it looks like I get to make them for everyone else for our uniforms. Needless to say, I'm running around the net asking questions and getting as much info as I can.
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~healormor Aug 13, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
They held up just fine as far as the stitches are concerned. The white leather uppers though got very ugly looking after a few months so they didnt go through too terribly much before being thrown out. If you are looking for thoughts on the machine stitching, I'd say go for it, if your machine can handle it. Go slowly.
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~Zauberwercker Feb 19, 2012
Oh, by the way, I like your shoes!
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~Zauberwercker Feb 19, 2012
Itīs the fate of turshoes not to live longer than three or four months when in daily use. Thatīs the reason why the guild of shoemakers has had loads of members in each city. In the city of Bielefeld, where I was born, is a large, military totally oversized castle. One of the four large round towers was built completely by the members of the shoemakers guild. Itīs named shoemakers tower since today.
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=Kxhara Aug 21, 2011
When I took my fashion history class (yeeeeears ago) I learned that left and right shoes didn't come along until relatively recently (11-1300-ish? I should look it up)

Man, that must have been the invention of the century. Shoes for each foot! Get yours now!
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