Primitive Technology: Sandals

Walking bare foot
Carrying water for plants
Fire wood for kilns
Clay for pottery
Stone for foundations
Grass for thatch
Scorpion for dramatic effect
Cracking feet
Cutting loya cane (hand axe is used instead to avoid damaging the hafted stone hatchet on anvil stone)
Spikes
These are removed by pulling the leaves back and down. The whole sheath comes off, spikes included
More cane
Measure out a length 6 times that of the foot
Form 2 loops
Put between the toes of both feet
Weave another length of cane in and out between the loops
This is standard weaving (over under)
Pull back to tighten weave
Add new lengths as the old ones finish
Using one toe now to narrow sandal width (sandal is pointing backwards here)
Cut excess and weave back into sandal
Finished sole
Tree with fibrous bark. Fallen branch underneath
Break dead branch to strip bark
Strip fibrous inner bark from outer bark
Twisting cordage
Twist 2 strands individually clockwise and together anticlockwise so they hold together
Measure about 5 times foot length
Thread through sandal with stick (the weave is tight)
Now twist the two lengths of cord together
Thread cords through back of sandal
Making another sandal
Finished sandals
Put foot in sandal
Cross cords behind heal
Thread cords back under and then tie over foot
Stone and sandal
Carrying water
Fire wood
Stone
Clay
Grass
Scorpion approves
Sandals

Primitive Technology: Sandals

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