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Explore Community fbeatOutdoorsPetsRideScienceSportsTechViking shoesby skymring on March 13, 2009Table of Contentsintro: Viking shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2step 1: supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2step 2: before you start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3step 3: draw your foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3step 4: mark the center point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4step 5: new line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4step 6: 'toe allowance' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4step 7: mark the fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5step 8: draw heel cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5step 9: draw the 'ears' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6step 10: draw ears, solid line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6step 11: draw the fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7step 12: cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7step 13: cut the 'fingers' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7step 14: punch holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8step 15: string the heel cap, 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8step 16: string heel cap, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9step 17: string heel cap, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9step 18: string heel cap, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10step 19: string heel cap, 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10step 20: string heel cap, 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10step 21: inside view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11step 22: tie a knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11step 23: stringing the fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12step 24: template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12File Downloads . . . . . . . . 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intro: Viking shoesI learned to make these by using my own foot as a template. Therefore, all the measures given here are highly approximate. If your foot diverges a lot from mine(European size 39, long and narrow/slender), some sewing experience might come in handy. That said, there's no reason to be too specific in making these. As you cansee, the 'laces' can be loosened or tightened to fit, and the basic idea is really very simple.The photo here shows my own, good old shoes, made in 1997. I always use them with these thick, felted socks inside; to me, they're part of the shoe. They are soft,comfy and I simply love them. Based on my original 11 year old, several times altered, water damaged drawing, I have made a kind of template as a sort of guideline.You'll find it at the end of this tutorial. I had to scan it in two operations as it was so big, then paste the parts together on my computer, so this adds to the imperfection.You should go for the thick, black lines and not pay too much attention to the rest :)Important: Look through all the photos before you start drawing!step 1: suppliesA large piece of leather, about 2,5 - 3 millimeter thick.X-acto knife or sharp scissors.An awl or other tool to make holes in the leather.Pen or pencil.Ruler.A cutting board (I use a wooden one).http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 2: before you startBy following the description, you should end up with something that looks like this (never mind the red dots in the picture - they will be explained later). The uncut shoe ismy left foot (wrong side out), but the cut, dark one is my right foot shoe (right side out).step 3: draw your footYou start by purchasing some good leather about 2,5 - 3 millimeter thick. Thinner than this will be like wearing a thin but stiff plastic cover on your foot. Not good.Start with drawing a line around your foot.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 4: mark the center pointThen mark the center point under your forefoot; the part that you use to kick off when you walk. (Wow. Pay attention. More bad English will follow). Using a ruler, draw avertical line through this as shown.step 5: new lineDraw another line under this one. Using my foot as a measure, this will be approximately 2,5 centimeters below the first line. Yours might be different, but take a look atwhere the line is placed on the foot; just below the big knuckle on the inside of your foot. The top line is just above it.step 6: 'toe allowance'Draw a line about 1 cm outside the foot line, around the toe area. Omit the bumps (your toes.)http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 7: mark the fanMark several points about 5,5 cm outside of this again. Draw a line through the points (I forgot to do it at this point and did it later on, see below. It's hard making atutorial; you have to think in logical steps instead of doing the messy thing you usually do!) .step 8: draw heel capDraw the heel cap, about 2 cm wide and 4 cm long. Mark three lines (the dotted red lines) - these points mark the end of the heel part (the bottom line), and also betweenthe 'ears' that comes next (the two upper lines). Again, there is little point in giving measures here, but look again at where the lines are placed on the foot. Andremember it's all very approximately. The shoe can be made with both two or three 'ears'. These are made with three. If you're good at measuring with your eyes only,this step can be omitted completely.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 9: draw the 'ears'Here comes the free hand drawing. Sketch up the 'ears' using a soft pencil. I have given measures here; again, only guidelines. I have marked the outer most point of theears with red dots. You can (barely!) see here where the three lines from the previous photo are; in between the three ears, and at the end of the heel ear.step 10: draw ears, solid lineWhen you are happy with your drawing, make a more solid line.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 11: draw the fanThe next step can also be omitted, but is helpful as a visual guide: Using a ruler, draw a fan from the middle point of your forefoot to the line you made 5,5 cm outsideyour toes. In addition, you will draw lines in the 2,5 cm area below the toe area, as shown. This will be the 'fingers' that wraps around your toes. As you can see from step#2, there is some space between some of the 'fingers' in the top section of the fan. There's no rules to this; the point is just to make them fit nicely around your toes. Theonly thing I would make sure of, is not to cut the fingers slimmer than 1 cm. But differing somewhat from each other in size is not a problem.step 12: cutStart cutting.step 13: cut the 'fingers'And here's why drawing the fan can be omitted (at least by me); you might just decide to ignore the lines while cutting. But they're good as a visual aid. Cut he 'fingers' upuntil the 1 cm line, as shown by the red dot at the tip of the knife.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 14: punch holesCut the fingers so that they seem functional, with a little space between some of them. You might wish to round off the tip of the fingers just a little by cutting the corners,but this is optional.In this picture, I have tanned the leather, rubbed it with beeswax, and punched holes in each finger, ear and along the heel cap(s). EDIT: I'm lying. There's no holes in theheel caps. Go back to picture #3, click to enlarge, and use the red dots as a guideline to making the holes.step 15: string the heel cap, 1As you see, there are five holes in the side flaps, and four on each side of the middle piece.Pull your leather string through the two bottom holes in the middle section, as shown, so that the string have equal lengths on both sides of the cap. I cut my own leatherstrings, but you can buy pre cut strings for this.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 16: string heel cap, 2Then, from the inside, pull the string through hole number one in one of the side flaps. Next, twist it to the inside and pull it back through hole nr two in the middle section,as shown in the next picture.step 17: string heel cap, 3Push the string through hole nr 3 in the middle section, and at the same time, through hole nr 2 in the side flap (see next).http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 18: string heel cap, 4Then 'sew' back through side flap hole nr 3 and middle section hole nr 4; pull tight and it will look like the next picture.step 19: string heel cap, 5Repeat on the other side and cross the strings (see next).step 20: string heel cap, 6Cross again on the inside of the cap, and pull through the last two holes.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 21: inside viewInside view.step 22: tie a knotTie a knot, and you're done.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
step 23: stringing the fanDraw a leather string through the holes as shown here and in picture #1, and try the shoes on (preferably on your own foot and not on your kid's :) )The worst mistake you can make is cutting the length too short (too long is not a problem; just cut the heel to fit) or make the fan fingers too short so it won't wrap aroundyour toes. If this is the case, give them to someone with a smaller foot and try again :)step 24: templateFile Downloadsvikingshoes.pdf ((595x842) 45 KB)[NOTE: When saving, if you see .tmp as the file ext, rename it to 'vikingshoes.pdf']Related g shoes/
AdvertisementsMake Magazine Special OfferComments50 comments Add Commentscoochmaroo says:view all 72 commentsMar 13, 2009. 2:50 PM REPLYI missed the part where the leather went from light to dark. Did you dye it?skymring says:Mar 13, 2009. 3:31 PM REPLYHi! Yes, I mentioned it in step nr 14, I think. Leather dye and beeswax.blacksheep881205 says:May 7, 2009. 8:54 AM REPLYMay I ask how exactly this is done? What do you dye it with and what about the beeswax? Do you simply rub a beeswax candle on it?Also I'm not sure if I have the right leather. It is rough on both sides and looks somehow "dry". But I definitely want these shoes, I allready cut outone, now it's all about the tanning and stuff.scoochmaroo says:Mar 15, 2009. 1:46 PM REPLYYes, yes you did.Thanks!(obv I'm more of a skimmer than a reader. . . )insomniaSAH says:Mar 13, 2009. 8:06 PM REPLYCan you email me the pics etc from this ible?I'm worried that the woman from 'medieval moccasins' is going to find this and force you to take it down, there seems to have been some trouble with her inthe past from other people posting how to's regarding this style shoe.bekathwia says:Mar 14, 2009. 10:20 AM REPLYYou can download it as a PDF. If you look at the step thumbnails at the top, after step 24 is a download link. This is true of all instructables!insomniaSAH says:Mar 15, 2009. 9:37 AM REPLYThanks, I totally forgot that ibles were made that way :Dscoochmaroo says:Mar 15, 2009. 1:42 PM REPLYThere's nothing in this content that should be "forced" to be removed. This pattern is not copyrighted, and the images are the author's own.insomniaSAH says:Mar 15, 2009. 8:54 PM REPLYI'm not saying there is I've just been looking for a pattern on this for some time, and over the last few months, every time I ran into a site saying they had it, it camedown to the same idea. "I was contacted by (name? I forget) from Medieval Moccasins and was requested to take my pattern down due to(various reasons)."She's had ebay ban people because they were selling these sorts of shoes in their accounts. I saw a multitude of complaints about her onTribes.net forums.This idea has been around for hundreds of years - and she has no legal basis on her attacks. But apparently she comes after people with herlawyer and bullies/harasses them until they do what she wants, which they usually do.Culturespy says:Apr 2, 2009. 9:06 AM REPLYI keep going over this and harrassment is the key term. What she is doing isn't legal. Her lawyer is banking on no one going to court. I'mnot 100% certain but I think she could be taken to civil court for unfair business practices resulting in damages due to lost revenue on thepart of her harrassed competitors.http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
insomniaSAH says:Apr 2, 2009. 7:45 PM REPLYOh, definitely.The general consensus of the people who back down seems to be that they just didn't think it was worth it to go through all the troubleof putting up with her or taking her to court just to keep a pattern that most of them weren't even making profit off of posted, or theywere typically making so little off selling the shoe that it came to the same thing - it just not being worth it for them personally.There was one man I found somewhere selling them under the same idea as this 'ible - 'viking' shoes, rather than 'ghillies' which is thecommon name for the irish/scotch version of this shoe and probably spits back more things on google. He said he used to have thepattern up but doesn't any longer, but still sells the shoe style for costumes.Apparently he dealt with the harassment issue by /ignoring/ it for several months, and while it was really annoying, it eventuallystopped.Still, again, I don't think most people are willing to put up with all the trouble just for the sake of the /principle/maeve says:Apr 3, 2009. 12:25 PM REPLYHow canthese be copyrighted? these have been our national dance shoe for hundreds of years ( I'm from Ireland and these areIrish dancing shoes, the only diffrenceis there usually black here). These are part of our national dress! Thats like someonecopyrighting ballet shoes. It cant be done!!!!!!!!!!!!insomniaSAH says:Apr 3, 2009. 3:06 PM REPLYah, now, this is where the meat of the problem seems to be no, you can't copyright a style of shoe - ie, ballet shoes - nor can you technically go after someone for reverse engineeringyour design (say you made a unique shoe, but someone then bought it, took it apart, made patterns from the parts, then madea shoe from those patterns and built it, then selling it under a different name (that's why people get away with knock offs)), butyou CAN copyright a PATTERN.A woman I ran into on tribes.net had her pattern removed because it was 'too close' to the MM pattern, but legally there's nobasis for the Medieval Moccasin's proprieter's claims unless her /exact copyrighted/patented pattern/ were posted. Even ifsomeone took her pattern, traced it, then posted THAT, it would still technically be legal to do so.Culturespy was completely right - it's a harassment issue.maeve says:Apr 5, 2009. 9:49 AM REPLYAh. I was wondering how all the fake iPhone companies were (legally) working- and all the fake prada hanbag makersnow I see. Thanks for that!!!maeve says:Apr 3, 2009. 12:27 PM REPLYOh yah, the toe is different too, we have only three sections at the top, neatly sewn together. ps. love d instructable!!!!!!!!!Anathema Herem says:Mar 17, 2009. 5:34 PM REPLYWow. I had no idea she was that vicious. I'd been planning on buying some shoes from her shop this year at the local RenFaire, but Ithink I'd much rather make some now that I've seen this marvelous tutorial.Thanks!!tulekah says:Apr 2, 2009. 12:35 PM REPLYThe period solution to soft-soles would be Pattens. Pattens are wood over-soles that you put on to walk thru mud, water or rocky ground. The simplestversion is a board with leather straps attached to tie the pattens on.Take a 1/2 or 3/4 inch board, put your shod foot on it, draw a line around your foot but half or a quarter inch larger, cut away the excess and nail on tie-ablestraps. Voila Pattens.Pimp your pattens by carving out the surface of the board to fit the contours of your foot (I saw a nice pair of these in a Clog museum in the Netherlands) orattach two crossways boards on the bottom of the pattens to raise you foot above mud and give great traction. I have also seen a pair of standard DutchKlompen with the tops sawed off and straps added.fin saunders says:Apr 1, 2009. 2:00 PM REPLYI have some deerskin and a daughter who will certainly want to try this.As for copyright enforcement emails, I would offer to send a financial statement to her lawyer. They quickly become disinterested in suing poor people. I'dalso offer a link/referral to her site as bait to shut up and play nice (a better way to make king shoes/
Culturespy says:Apr 2, 2009. 9:28 AM REPLYThere really is nothing to enforce. This style of shoe is over a thousand years old. It's sort of like someone trying to patent cowboy boots.As has been mentioned below, we are talking about a copyright anyway. It offers no protection of "her design". In quotes because it's not even "herdesign".Culturespy says:Apr 2, 2009. 9:14 AM REPLYThanks for posting this excellent instructable. It's one thing to look at shoes in museums and another to make a pair. Nice work!Morgo says:Mar 28, 2009. 1:58 PM REPLYBTW,Leather thickness is commonly gauged in ounces (specifically ounces of weight per sq foot of leather. yes, leather thickness is determined by weight.)anyway, when ordering leather for this project, 2.5-3mm would translate into 6-8 ounces.Also, different styles of tanning produce different types of leather. At the thicknesses needed, the two most common leathers would be Latigo (an oil tannedleather) which is softer and more pliable, and comes precolored, and vegetable tanned, which is stiffer and harder, needs to be dyed and preserved, but canactually be molded to your foot when wet.Pryo Chain says:Mar 28, 2009. 7:14 AM REPLYImpressive. What size would you suggest for a freshman with size 13 feet?WonderlandAlli says:Mar 26, 2009. 3:59 PM REPLYTo make this vegan (no leather) would faux-leather work or should I try some kind of canvas?Pryo Chain says:Mar 28, 2009. 7:12 AM REPLYIf I were you, I would use canvas, but false leather might work. I must stress that they MIGHT work.khaotik says:Mar 19, 2009. 9:22 AM REPLYThe woman from medieval moccasins can jump in a lake! My friend spent a year in Norway and said all the girls at his high school wore these shoes, andmade them themselves, along with knitting their own woolly socks and sweaters. They sat around in these shoes, knitting in class at school!Pryo Chain says:Mar 28, 2009. 7:11 AM REPLYThose persons sound AWESOME!!porcupinemamma says:Mar 27, 2009. 1:37 PM REPLYOhhhhhhh, I would love to have met those students. What fun!henderslu says:Mar 27, 2009. 5:18 AM REPLYLove the shoes, but also love the socks! Did you make them? If so, would you be willing to share the pattern? I think, as you say, the socks and shoesnaturally go together.Thanks,hendersluhammer9876 says:Mar 26, 2009. 6:11 PM REPLYI'm thinking some elk hide would be really fabulous. Wears like iron. Well, not on gravel or concrete, but great on a dirt path or indoors. Hmmm. Fur turned tothe inside. Toasty!Where's my bow? Just when is elk bow-hunting season? Who knows how to tan that stuff? Elk steak. Now I am hungry!Great instructable! Very well put together and very nice looking result!MizzMouse says:Mar 26, 2009. 11:56 AM REPLYGreat tutorial!! I have worn these type of shoes as a costume piece before, tho they got holes easily from dancing in them. I am definitely making a pair or 3as I have this old leather coat waiting to be reincarnated.As far as all the hulla-baloo, geez people, relax, take a breath. No reason to go to war over our creativity. Can't we all share our toys?http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/
Woodhacker says:Mar 26, 2009. 7:55 AM REPLYAre these hand-felted socks or were they purchased? If hand-felted, are instructions available?geek65535 says:Mar 26, 2009. 7:43 AM REPLYFYI, while shoes of this type (with a soft leather bottom) can be very comfortable overall, they're not so great for walking on rough surfaces. I made a pair ofleather boots to wear at the Texas Renaissance Festival when I worked there, and my feet hurt pretty quickly.My solution was to take them to a shoe shop and have a simple (thick) leather sole added. As I recall, it cost my less than 20 (maybe only 15 or so), andthey lasted for years.alxjpow says:Mar 26, 2009. 7:14 AM REPLYOoh, I would love a pair of these, they look beautiful :D I'll have to keep an eye out for some thick leather.przemek says:Mar 26, 2009. 5:56 AM REPLYHey that's a Granny knot!! No lutefisk for you!!As they taught us in the sailing class, granny knot unties from just looking at it.Here's a difference between Granny and a proper reef knothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny knotvelcrotrainer says:Mar 23, 2009. 10:12 AM REPLYi have a mind to make myself a pair of these and knit up/felt some cozy linings to go along with. they look great, and i reckon it would be pretty simple to afixsome rubber soles to them so that they'd handle gravel/pavement a bit better.thanks for posting!khaotik says:Mar 19, 2009. 9:54 AM REPLYPlease excuse my impolite suggestion that anyone jump in a lake, although there is no inherent danger in doing so and the activity is actually quite enjoyableon a hot sunny day.Anyway I did some research because the idea of anyone claiming ancient knowledge or craft as their personal intellectual property is extremely irksome tome.The person who posted this instructable is not in violation of copyright law, nor is anyone who makes these shoes from this instructable to wear OR to sell,because its her particular pattern drawing that the MM lady has a copyright on.Medieval Moccasins vs. RealityRead all about this issue at 074-4df8-b4dc-364a8560e644Making GhilliesTue, April 24, 2007 - 11:54 PM.See, we could post pictures of the patterns we've made, but the lady at midieval moccasins is REALLY determined that her copyright extends to any typeof pattern drawing made any way by anyone, of that whole kind of shoe, as well as any shoe like it.Now, technically, the guy at the copyright office said what was in the file was a copy of her (medieval moccasins lady's) catalog.she insists to her lawyerthat she sent in a copy of her pattern drawing, but copyright law only applies if we were to get a copy of THAT drawing, and made copies to sell. If you drawyour own, it's called reverse engineering, and the lawyer giving classes on copyright laws told me that anyone can go get a thing, take it apart, make a copyof how it's made, and make them, and even sell them, and not violate the law.Re: Making GhilliesWed, April 25, 2007 - 8:58 AMYou can copyright a specific pattern drawing (same as any other artistic drawing) but you cannot copyright the "look" or the functionality of clothing. Thefashion knockoffs you see in Walmart and similar stores are perfectly legal.If you make your own pattern and happen to recreate the exact look of Medieval Moccasins' ghillie and wear them or sell them, they can do nothing. If youtake THEIR pattern drawing and post copies of their pattern drawing on your website causing them to lose sales of their pattern drawing because people canget it from you for free, they can invoke the copyright laws against you.paperninja says:Mar 16, 2009. 5:07 PM REPLYthis would be cool to make for me because my far relatives were Vikings D btw i am mostly danishpatmac says:I don't care what these shoes are known as, or what period they are from, they are fantastic!http://www.instructables.com/id/Viking shoes/Mar 16, 2009. 10:50 AM REPLY
Scurvymcdiggle says:Mar 15, 2009. 10:45 PM REPLYyou can find leather scraps all over ebay. just look it up.usually you can get them much cheaper that way and you will have plenty left over for otherprojects.Locomiguel says:Mar 15, 2009. 9:24 PM REPLYExcellent, Thank You very much. I'm kind of new to this, and a little blown away by all the seemingly useless parsing of what is a viking shoe. Does it matter?It is just really great information presented in a clear an easy to follow manner.If it were me, I'd follow Morfmir's input he is afterall out there doing it. Hope you do more of the same.soccermuffin says:Mar 15, 2009. 4:18 PM REPLYhi, I'm fascinated by this Instructable and really want to construct some shoes of my own. But, I am lacking the most necessary item: the leather! Where can Iacquire some leather for this project (I live in the USA)Locomiguel says:Mar 15, 2009. 8:41 PM REPLYI believe that Tandy Leather still does mail order and I know that Hidehouse.com doesmeddler says:Mar 15, 2009. 5:31 PM REPLYJust what I was looking for. Well done.Notbob says:Mar 15, 2009. 2:16 PM REPLYHow well do these stand up to/hold out the cold?I shall have to make myself a pair of these, once my feet
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