Roman Shoes!!

[jimi]

On 6/24/2019 at 5:07 PM, Sheilajeanne said:

Maybe I SHOULD buy that patcher Wiz is suggesting I buy!

Hi There, Personally i would wait and get a Singer 29k71,72,73 or 29U series, there were some of the 50 series that had the same parts in the gearbox as the 70 series. These are also better to get, (the ones with 2 pinions and the small rack) I think the one you are looking at is the one that has 3 pinions (with very fine teeth) instead of 2 and they are not available, the only parts you will find nowadays are generally for the 70 series, pinions for the 51 zero. The 51 shares some parts with the 70 series but i would worry about the pinions. The shuttle carrier could also be a part that is not available, you would have to check the part numbers and then look for somewhere they sell them. Always check the part number before buying as some sellers state they are for the 29k series and it is not the case. Hope this helps.

[Professor]

On 6/25/2019 at 9:43 PM, bikermutt07 said:

Interesting thing concerning the history of shoes.....

I believe I read twice in recent history (1500 years or so) the art of asymmetrical lasting was lost, and then rediscovered.

Many shoes were made at times with symmetrical lasts or a single last. This made the break-in period a real task.

Soldiers were issued three shoes. The spare was to be used if a shoe wore out or became damaged. I guess if another shoe wore out you were out of luck till a comrade with the same approximate shoe size got whacked or lost a leg.

There were probably guys with one bare foot hanging out at the surgeons tent hoping to score.

IIRC symetrical shoes were commonplace up till the US Civil War.

PS

Gloves with separate fingers were also a surprisingly late development, as was the fork.

Edited October 27, 2019 by Professor

[bikermutt07]

On 10/27/2019 at 6:19 PM, Professor said:

Soldiers were issued three shoes. The spare was to be used if a shoe wore out or became damaged. I guess if another shoe wore out you were out of luck till a comrade with the same approximate shoe size got whacked or lost a leg.

There were probably guys with one bare foot hanging out at the surgeons tent hoping to score.

IIRC symetrical shoes were commonplace up till the US Civil War.

PS

Gloves with separate fingers were also a surprisingly late development, as was the fork.

Nice factoids.

[zuludog]

During this summer I visited Hadrian's Wall and saw a Roman re-enactment group, Legio VIII Augusta MGV, who had demonstrations of Roman life - cookery, clothing, weapons, etc

When we see pictures of Roman footwear they look, well, old & scruffy of course, but they had a cobbler making modern reproductions of Roman shoes, and some of them  looked quite attractive, you could almost get away with wearing them today. I was impressed with the amount of work and fine detail that went into them

There are several re-enactment groups in Britain and USA; just Search Google. And Search YouTube for 'roman footwear'.

Edited November 5, 2019 by zuludog