The ugliest moccassins ever-But I still love em!!!

[Chris Shelton]

So I dont know exactly where it came from, but it has always been a dream of mine to hunt in moccassins.  Not just any mocs though.  I wanted to make my own!  I tan every skin that I can get my hands on, I even tryed catfish last summer  

[mcgroundstalker]

Now that is way cool! I kinda like one of a kind stuff myself...   :rolleyes:   Ugly they ain't... useful they be...

... mike ...

[Mudd]

How about sharing your pattern? I'd try yours since mine are all low tops.
Thanks in advance.
God bless,Mudd

[Chris Shelton]

Yea mudd, just give me a bit here.  That was one of the main reasons I wanted to make my own, because I couldnt find any like that!

[cacciatore]

WOW,I like them;my size is 10.LOL

[zinndl]

I like'em!

[Rick D]

I am right there with you. It has always been a dream of mine to hunt in Mocs, tho my dream also includes homemade self bow and arrows with point i've knapped, but thats another story.

I dont think they look ugly, just "rough", you just need to learn about stitching and leather craft a bit more. As long as you're happy with them and you'll actually wear them to hunt, then you're halfway to your goal.

[Looper]

They look just like a pair I made when I was in high school.  Mine didn't last very long.  The stitching stretched and my toes poked through. Actually, now that I think about it, you're look 100 times better than mine.

[joevan125]

I think they are pretty cool but if i hunted with those things on my feet where i hunt my feet would be wet 2 minutes into the hunt.

[Chris Shelton]

here ya go Mudd, and anyone else that wants it.  I tried to scan it, but the page was too big, and it just didnt work, so you get a picture, lol.  The grid is to scale, and each block is 1".  I am a size 15!

   

One thing I left out before as well is that the leather is chrome tanned with a vegitable dye on top(vegitable tan without the salt).  You guys cant see it, and neither can I really for that matter, but I pulled the hide out a bit early and it was swirly brown with the green chrome hide in blotches.  Which I thought was gonna be like a cool camo type dye.  But when I oiled it it basically all turned brown!

[Chris Shelton]

There are things I would definatly change!  I would make the end of the slopes on the back peice a point.  Make the back a couple inches wider, so that it wraps around the front a bit more.  It does that now, when I lace them tight to my leg, but I would like it to overlap a bit more.  

right now I just have the stitch around the front toes, but I am eventually going to use the lace and go around in the opposite direction of the B-50 stitching.  I think?  Other than that it is perfect . . .

O if you do use leather with fur, make sure you pay attention the direction you cut   , it is common sense, but I was too dumb to think about it.  So on the one moc the hair is sticking up instead of nice and sloped down like the other one.  Definatly not a big deal, but it kinda bugs me!

[bolong]

looks like your bout ready to start a shoe manufacturing company.  

[Chris Shelton]

quote:Originally posted by bolong:
looks like your bout ready to start a shoe manufacturing company.      

[Mudd]

You say your a 15. If I counted correctly there are 12 squares from end to end. Is that what works for a size 15? I am a size 12.

Thanks again.

God bless,Mudd

[Chris Shelton]

yup 12 squares, but actually the slippers I am wearing now say 13, my current shoes are 15, but they are cut weird.  I would actually feel more faithful in the slippers.  My boots are 14's, lol.  So I really havent got a clue.  Either way, definatly 12 squares fits my foot like a glove!

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

Dang Chris, you don't have feet, you have skis!

[reddogge]

Chris, nice job.  Be careful in them in mud.  You will bust your butt.

Here's a tip for the next pair.  I use artificial sinew to sew them that you can get from many suppliers including Tandy.  Make your pattern big enough so you sew the moccassin inside out.  I use a welt (strip of leather between the pieces that protects the stitching) also.  Then when you reverse it you have a neat seam and you can't see the stitching.

I'd be glad to post a pic or two but I didn't want to hijack your post or I could PM you pics.

[SveinD]

Them shoes look like a toy giraffe we used to have on Norwegian kids-tv 25yrs ago.
That said, they do look snug and comfy ^^

[Chris Shelton]

Originally posted by reddogge:
I'd be glad to post a pic or two but I didn't want to hijack your post or I could PM you pics.

Well I really wanted some sinew, but I litterally have 0 dollars in my account!  So I just used b-50, poor boys gotta use what they can.  

I sewed the bottom seem from the inside, but I purposly sewed the top of tht front from the outside, because that is the way I see mocs generally.  But I defiantly think now I would rather the seam be on the inside.  

Please please go ahead and post some.  I use this cite to learn thing!!!  And you have the knowledge, so feel free to share!!!  

[lpcjon2]

Will we be seeing buckskin or rabbit fur underwear? And Chris I wear a size 15 1/2 so if you have the time I could use a pair Thanks