Okay… I have to show off my new bottes sauvage. These were made by Mike Tharp and are a common French Canadian boot. These were essentially a boot form of the oxhide shoe or soulier de boeuf. This type of shoe was a European response to the Indian moccasin. It is made with European tanned, heavy leather and with European leather sewing techniques, but with the shape and construction of a native...
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