Ive Worn Historical Shoes for 10 years ( theyre comfortable )
I started making historical shoes 10 years ago, focusing on making them with historically accurate techniques and materials. And when you make so many pairs, they re bound to get a lot of wear And every time, I get asked Are those comfortable Or, really, more often I get told that they aren t. That they look painful, difficult to walk in, flimsy, and unable to stand up to much wear. I ve had an uncomfortable number of people apologize to my feet on behalf of my shoes even And every time I explain I wouldn t wear them if they weren t comfortable. But what makes them look so impossible to wear How do they differ from modern support And what happens when you do wear them for hundreds of miles I started shoemaking with the 18th century, working at a living history museum where I needed them everyday. I ve since branched out as far back as the 15th century and up to the 1920s. While not every pair is an exact copy of an original, I ve been lucky enough to spend time researching in museum collections and t
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