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how many square feet of hide would be needed per pair of moccasins of an average size??

thanks.

creek
 
About 2-3 sq ft (depends on foot size and style). One must also consider the grain/stretch direction of the hide.
 
Creek,
You can get a pretty good idea as to the amount needed by standing on a piece of paper with your feet touching (arch side) and tracing around both. That would be the minimum amount of leather needed for one moccasin.
 
One of the most important things about making mocs is the placement of the hide.

So I would say you need one deer hide, and it needs to be a deer hide that was skinned in the traditional way, IE Gutted. Ive started to see a number of deer hides comming out, most likely from deer that were commercially processed, where they were skinned top down, and thus the best hide for mocs, that being the area over the spine, has been ruined......

If you use one of those hides, you will have really thick flaps, and thin belly leather for your feet, and they will wear out really, really quick
 
glad I could help.

Don't know if your doing eastern stuff, but Mike Galban's video tutorial on making pucker toe and pucker vamp mocs is worth the money
 
no, wont forget that, i have watched a ton of videos and downloaded one from stillwater bush craft yesterday, he cuts his tops lower than i want but that is an easy fix. it goes through the measuring and pattern making to the sewing and a finished pair of mocs. incase any body is interested the vid is on wilderness outfitters channel and his own channel, still water bushcraft, cant remember his christian name but he goes by critter davis. both him and snow walker do long hunter and modern stuff but some of it is pretty entertaining.

thanks Bill.

creek
 
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