Howdy All,
I was wondering if anyone may be willing to point me in the right direction for the cheapest route to do my little project. My father and I dont want to drop 80 bucks a piece on boots for renfest as our kilts, pins, plaids etc will already be costing us upwards of $300. I have however found ths website:
http://www.garbmonger.com/Footwear/footwear.html
We dont want to wear the traditional shoes and hose that go with the scottish attire. We both decided we want to wear boots up to a fat frog hair over our mid calves.
Half chaps seem to be a cool way to turn my old busted up black combat boots (they saw 5 years of service) into some decent looking sorta ren era boots that a Scott might wear.
I was thinking of ordering some leather here:
http://www.brettunsvillage.com/
they have a small toolkit for 15 bucks but I am not sure how much of it I would actually need.
I would like them to button or buckle on the outsides. I was wondering if any of you gurus might be able to suggest the spred of tools I should get or maybe a place to get buttons and buckles. Any advice on what type of leather to get? Any ideas/input at all would be appreciated.
I would feel good about the project if I could complete 2 sets (one for me and one for pops) under $80 cheaper of course would be better. This is just for a costume....wont be going to the highland games in these....only going to be worn once a year.
Thanks so much in advance for any advice anyone has to offer.
One last thing...these boots are my inspiration....not trying to steal this guys work....but they are what gave me the desire for boots.
http://mysticsoles.com/gallery.html
Not looking to get anywhere near fancy like this fellow does.....just want to make combat boots like like side button/buckle boots.
