Civilian closed shoes/boots

[Gashford]

Hello all<br>
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A little while ago I took up blacksmithing (well beating lumps of hot metal into vague shapes) and I found that hot embers, colas and metal burns through your feet in no time and amuses the onlooking crowds.<br>
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This year, being the kill joy that I am, I want to stop this form of entertianment and wear something that will stop the pain, however I am struggling to find anything to make/buy.<br>
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My first choice is a pair of Calcai (spelling?) but I am concerned about their providence for civilians. Images of blacksmiths always show them half naked and bare footed, but this is often an image of Vulcan and being a god he was cheating and never really got the full human experience of hot colas burning between your toes.<br>
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Does anyone have any real idea what a civilian would wear on his feet 1st - 2nd Century AD in an industrial environment?<br>
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Thanks for any help. <p>Graham Ashford
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[richsc]

Good question; I dont' think even on murals you see closed shoes anywhere, but then, those aren't painted for working people. That would be a good question for Carol van driel Murray, who is supposed to be producing a catalog of shoes. <p></p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

The most appropriate style is dubbed the fell/allendale boot, in evidence in Northern briatain in the late 1st to 2nd centuries AD, I'll send you patterns etc along with your crest feathers whenever I get round to it!!!<br>
You might also want to try asking Vardulli, he has an excellent pair he made himself last year.<br>
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[rekirts]

Any pictures??<br>
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Wendy <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

civilian footwear-- well you can wear caligae. I have an image of dockworkers [?] one of whom is wearing caligae.<br>
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i'm sure i have seen an image of a balcksmith somewhere and he is indeed half-naked and shoeless. made of tough stuff those Roman! <p><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/forum/mark.gif
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[Anonymous]

thanks Ennius!<br>
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me and my shoes<br>
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shoes<br>
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which I made by<br>
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trial and error and error and error <p><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/forum/mark.gif
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</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub27.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vardulli>vardulli</A> at: 2/5/04 3:22 pm<br></i>

[NightHunter24]

Ave vardulli,<br>
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Hey they look like the pair of construction boots I wear from time to time.<br>
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But seriously now....how long did it take to make those?<br>
Looks like hard work to make those.<br>
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[Anonymous]

a few days of cursing<br>
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