What weight/thickness leather for pucker toe moccasins?

[NorthFork]

Making simple pucker toe woodland moccasins. What weight and thickness leather should I be using in either deer skin or buffalo?

Also, who would be a good vendor to buy from?

 

[Black Powder Guy]

Glacier Wear is a good company to buy from.
4-5 oz is a good weight but I think 6-7 oz might be better.
Brian.

 

[necchi]

Get the heaviest you can afford.
Thickness is directly related to how long they'll last before worn-out.

 

[Red Owl]

Deer is probably better than the buffalo. Unless you can replace them every few days you'll have to settle on sewing on some type of a sole of heavier leather but for the moccasins itself, I'd use something akin to suede, which is remotely like brain tan, or buy brain tan- I think Crazy Crow sells it.

 

[NorthFork]

@Red Owl

How would I do about doing this? Making the moccasins without an extra sewn on sole seems easy. I have not seen any directions on how to go about sewing the sole on basic pucker toe mocs. Got a link to some directions or pictures? Thanks.

 

[garypl]

I like bison leather and have bought several hides from American Elk and Deer

https://americanelkanddeer.com/bison