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Offline IsaacW

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New mocs
« on: November 14, 2013, 10:17:55 am »
After a year + hiatus from moccasin making, I decided to give it a go again.  Here is what I made this past week (fancy enough to look nice but not sooo fancy that you hate to wear them)...

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2013, 11:03:52 am »
Very nice work,bet they are confe.  :)
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Offline Silver John

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2013, 11:59:32 am »
I like them.  They look like brain tanned deer hide. What is the leather?  A bead between each pucker is a nice touch.  Very good.   
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Offline IsaacW

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2013, 12:47:34 pm »
Quote from: Silver John on November 14, 2013, 11:59:32 am
I like them.  They look like brain tanned deer hide. What is the leather?  A bead between each pucker is a nice touch.  Very good.

Braintan deer, yes!! Nice and smokey! 

The bead between the puckers I took from a few 18th century pairs of mocs I have seen.

IW
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2013, 12:51:48 pm »
Good work and nice stitching/beading
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Offline ksnow

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2013, 04:59:25 pm »
Very nice mocs Isaac.  I may have to borrow that bead idea.

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2013, 09:02:29 pm »
Very nice indeed!  Those are some very authentic looking teepee creepers. 

But don't you find it hard using the lovely pink flashpan brushes on a flintlock when they are tied to your shoes???   :-\
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Offline chamookman

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2013, 04:02:29 am »
Great lookin' Mocs ! You crack Me up JW. Bob
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Offline IsaacW

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2013, 10:36:43 am »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on November 14, 2013, 09:02:29 pm
But don't you find it hard using the lovely pink flashpan brushes on a flintlock when they are tied to your shoes???   :-\

You just have to work on your flexibility... I am a master of monkey feet!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2013, 04:00:30 pm »
Very nice looking mocs, I like 'em.
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Offline richardzane

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2013, 09:28:54 pm »
those are a GREAT example of the style mocs we(Wyandot,Delaware,Shawnee) wore in Ohio in the mid 1700s and into the 1800s.
you did a great job in puckering the toe and using that pucker pull ends to hang those copper cones, just as it used to be done.
very authentic work
so...actually these wouldn't be teepee creepers.. :) these would be bark house creepers >:D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: New mocs
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2013, 10:38:05 pm »
And dang comfy any way you cut it!
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