royalscot Report post Posted March 10, 2012 Hello all, I am fairly new to these forums and completely new to the leather working hobby. I am interested in learning how to make 19th Century Footwear...in particular Brogans, Officer Boots and Civilian shoes. I have been having a hard time finding any info on the skills involved with making them. Does anyone have any info at all they can give me, websites, books, dvd's etc...? I'm desperate at this point. Please help me out Regards, Jeff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amuckart Report post Posted March 10, 2012 Start with 18th century stuff, which is oddly better documented, and work from there. Get yourself a copy of Al Saguto's translation of M. de Garsault's L'art de Cordonnier which is currently the best book on pre-industrial modern shoemaking out there - probably the best resource ever written on the topic in English. If you buy it from Williamsburg, rather than from Amazon you directly support the people who made its publication possible. There aren't any useful published resources I'm aware of on 19th century shoemaking, but if you subscribe to the Crispin Colloquy and introduce yourself there, you'll find people who are most likely to be able to help you, including Jesse Lee Cantrell, who is part of an unbroken line of shoemakers and apprentices stretching back through the ACW period. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
