making a pair of Ghillie Brogues

[fortcollinsjerry]

I'm sure I am not the first to think about converting a pair of shoes into ghillie brogues. Anyone done this succesfully?

[BEEDEE]

Here's a link to a company in New Zealand that does just that. http://www.kilts.co.nz/mitbrogs.htm

Brian

[sydnie7]

Aren't they clever! We have at least one shoemaker on this forum, wonder if there's enough of a market in the U.S. to make it worth his while. . .

[fortcollinsjerry]

very clever of them - I've read back over thirty pages of the DIY link and nobody has done it. There's only one picture of those Roman Leigion marching shoe's. Thedy are pretty neat but a little too casual.

[Jeff]

yea, Captain Karrot did a very good job on a pair of shoes. They looked very good and was hard to tell the different unless you got really close to them.

[Captain Karrot]

yea, Captain Karrot did a very good job on a pair of shoes. They looked very good and was hard to tell the different unless you got really close to them.

Yup...it worked out rather well. Used a pair of oxfords I don't wear much any more, and it passed casual inspection quite well. Then again, who will be getting that close to my feet?

I understand where Jamie and others are coming from, but from my perspective, for a pair of shoes that I will only wear once or twice a year, even $90 seems steep to this frugal mind. Better to make use of what you already have. Took me about 90 minutes.

Cheers!

[Panache]

Yup...it worked out rather well. Used a pair of oxfords I don't wear much any more, and it passed casual inspection quite well. Then again, who will be getting that close to my feet?

I understand where Jamie and others are coming from, but from my perspective, for a pair of shoes that I will only wear once or twice a year, even $90 seems steep to this frugal mind. Better to make use of what you already have. Took me about 90 minutes.

Cheers!

CK,

I'm certainly not knocking anyone using their creativity and a little effort to make some kit. I'm all for it. I myself proudly wear several converted jackets, waist coats, sporran belts, and other bits of kit (though not all at the same time ).

Not having seen your shoes I can't comment one way or the other on the job you did. The ones in the link provided looked good.

All I'm saying that given a choice between nice oxfords as is or a poor conversion (again I'm not saying that yours are ) that I think that nice oxfords would be better.

My hat off to anyone with the patience and skill to do a conversion and make it work.

Cheers

Jamie

[Captain Karrot]

Jamie,

No slight taken...and I am sure that many can see flaws with my craftsmanship - shoot, I know I can...if I look.

I just wanted to provide the other side of the argument. Being creative, and having a little skill can lead to all sorts of things.

CK,

I'm certainly not knocking anyone using their creativity and a little effort to make some kit. I'm all for it. I myself proudly wear several converted jackets, waist coats, sporran belts, and other bits of kit (though not all at the same time ).

Not having seen your shoes I can't comment one way or the other on the job you did. The ones in the link provided looked good.

All I'm saying that given a choice between nice oxfords as is or a poor conversion (again I'm not saying that yours are ) that I think that nice oxfords would be better.

My hat off to anyone with the patience and skill to do a conversion and make it work.

Cheers

Jamie

[The Barry]

Wow, that's pretty neat, I wouldn't have thought of that!

[pdcorlis]

Very impressive - what great imagination!