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Ad Miller

- ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C4506E.E8E08770-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:17:51 EDT From: SWzypher@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Moccasin Question - --part1_a8.2d3c2086.2dfe025f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An option often over looked in that type of moccasin is a mens' version that has an upper similar to womens' but not as high. When you make the cut for the tongue, cut two paralel slices that leaves the tongue in place without stitching (but now you have no flap). Go ahead and complete the stitching as you normally would. Now stitch on a flap 5" - 8" wide. Start by the tongue on the outside of the foot - just as the flap would normally be in place. Attach all the way around to the back seam and continue up to the tongue on the other side. Importaint: Leave enough flap material to pass over the tongue, go past the starting point of stitching (you are no longer stitching now) and go past the ankle.. In other words - a "wrap-around". Now the tie: Most Indians and all mountain men are of the opinion that wrap-around ties cross one another like contemporary shoes or Roman sandels. Wrong! The lace begins with two holes punched with an awl not a regular punch, in the tongue. One end will be much shorter than the other. Take them both to the back seam area and tie off the shorter one with an over-hand hitch. Now - wrap the long thong the same direction as the flap is wrapped. In other words, from the back, forward along the inside of the foot, around the front (flap goes over the tongue) and now toward the back. Keep wrapping, spiraling up to the top. There make three horizonal wraps to finish off. Of course it will fall down. So wrap the final end around the horizonal wraps four or five time. No knot. It will stay in place. Just to make it snug, when you begin this final wrap include the last few inches of the final diagonal wrap with the horizonal wrap. This will stay in place all day while the cross-wrappers will be re-tieing every half hour. They are great for keeping rocks, sticks, and snow out of the inside of the moccasins. I know they were made by Northern Shoshone, Nez Perce, and probably Crow and Blackfoots as well. If you have problems, contact me. Richard James swzypher@aol.com - --part1_a8.2d3c2086.2dfe025f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An option often over looke= d in that type of moccasin is a mens' version that has an upper similar to w= omens' but not as high.   When you make the cut for the tongue, cu= t two paralel slices that leaves the tongue in place without stitching (but=20= now you have no flap). Go ahead and complete the stitching as you norm= ally would. Now stitch on a flap 5" - 8" wide. Start by the tong= ue on the outside of the foot - just as the flap would normall= y be in place. Attach all the way around to the back seam and continue= up to the tongue on the other side. Importaint: Leave enough fl= ap material to pass over the tongue, go past the starting point of stitching= (you are no longer stitching now) and go past the ankle.. In other wo= rds - a "wrap-around".

       Now the tie: Most Indians and all mount= ain men are of the opinion that wrap-around ties cross one another like cont= emporary shoes or Roman sandels. Wrong! The lace begins with two= holes punched with an awl not a regular punch, in the tongue.=    One end will be much shorter than the other. Take them bo= th to the back seam area and tie off the shorter one with an over-hand hitch= . Now - wrap the long thong the same direction as the flap is wrapped.= In other words, from the back, forward along the inside of the foot,=20= around the front (flap goes over the tongue) and now toward th= e back. Keep wrapping, spiraling up to the top. There make three= horizonal wraps to finish off.   Of course it will fall dow= n. So wrap the final end around the horizonal wraps four or five time.= No knot. It will stay in place. Just to make it snug, whe= n you begin this final wrap include the last few inches of the final diagona= l wrap with the horizonal wrap.   This will stay in place all day=20= while the cross-wrappers will be re-tieing every half hour. They are g= reat for keeping rocks, sticks, and snow out of the inside of the moccasins.= I know they were made by Northern Shoshone, Nez Perce, and probably C= row and Blackfoots as well.

If you have problems, contact me.
Richard James
swzypher@aol.com
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