Zocos: historical preproduction of Galician shoes

[candyleather]

They are called "zocos", the tipical galician shoes from 300 years ago at the northwest from Spain. Have you ever seen any like these?

[MikeCahill]

They are called "zocos", the tipical galician shoes from 300 years ago at the northwest from Spain. Have you ever seen any like these?

I make the English version of these, "Clogs" see my website

www.clogger.eu

cheers

Mike

[rdb]

Very interesting website Mike! The shoes look great, and authentic to me.

Just curious what the purpose is of the high curled toes. Is that specific to dancing, or just the traditional English clog?

[MikeCahill]

Very interesting website Mike! The shoes look great, and authentic to me.

Just curious what the purpose is of the high curled toes. Is that specific to dancing, or just the traditional English clog?

If the soles were flat, it would make walking very uncomfortable, and put a lot of pressure on the top of the foot as you stepped forward, the curved sole allows you to roll forward, a very natural way of walking. generally speaking the more the sole curves the more comfortable the clogs are especially in hilly places, walking up a hill in flat clogs is hard work the wooden sole also insulates the foot in winter, and wicks sweat away in summer. I use 3mm veg tan for the uppers (2.5mm for small sizes), because there is minimal flexing of the leather, they quickly mould themselves to the shape of your foot, you hardly know you've got them on

Cheers

Mike

[UKRay]

Very interesting website Mike! The shoes look great, and authentic to me.

Just curious what the purpose is of the high curled toes. Is that specific to dancing, or just the traditional English clog?

You might find this link interesting, RDB, even more clogs!

http://www.history.uk.com/articles/index.php?archive=67