Valkenburg/Castleford style caliga step by step

[Neuraleanus]

that would explain the difficulties that I'm having getting your pattern to fit my feet. I get the heel part right and the toe section is too tight, or if I get the toe section right the heel section is too big. I was working on the assumption that you had made a perfect orthogonal projection. No matter, I need to make a unique pattern for my own feet anyways. I'm going back to the pattern from "Stepping through Time" and I'll modify that as the marks on the tape indicate.

On the back stretching issue I think that Martin has the answer. On my last pair I tryed something different and the result was too much material behind the heel. I've been carefully studying Martin's photos showing how he folded the leather over the heel and stitched it.