Viking Crafts Guide (Ep. 6) Making Viking Shoes

MAKE YOUR OWN PATTERN HOW I MADE THE BAG This video is a sequel to my video on making a pattern for perfect fitting viking turnshoes. These are a reproduction of a viking shoe from Haithabu. Im in the mountain region of Asturias in the north part of Spain and I need to make these shoes so my feet can handle hiking in the mountains. I make this pair of shoes on the go, in the wild and with very simple tools in my small bag. It takes approximately 2-3 hours pr shoe to finnish sewing them together. The skewing tool is not based on viking age finds, and this job could be done with a regular sharp knife with some practise and care. Besides the skewing tool and my awl most of what you see in the video is directly based on viking age finds and made by me. CARE AND MAINTAINANCE Everytime I have used them for a day or two I apply a new layer of grease to the shoes. I do this often at first to saturat