New Period Finish
I have been doing a lot of leather tanning research in the last couple of years and have in doing so I come across some great spots of information. Recently I found a period recipe for a period shoe finish. I mixed up the recipe and have tried it. I have been amazed by the results, so now we are offering a period shoe finish on our entire line of shoes for an extra charge of $35.00 to cover the extra work. This is a super finish but it will only be offered on black shoes.
D.M. Winters shoes with period finish
Call or contact us for information about repairing your old brogans. Please allow at least 4 weeks to get them resoled. Please include a phone number and e-mail address, if you have one, in order for us to contact you if there are any problems with the shoe you sent in.
#111 Heel Plate Installed $16.00We are not able to reattach old heel plates due to the fact that the counter sink has been worn down too far to accept the screws or they have the style heel plate that has been nailed. These come in one size some bending may be required to fit the heel of your shoe.Clean up -If you send your shoes in dirty. $5.00 Hand StitchUpper -If any of the stitches on the upper are torn loose. $8.00 Shipping - For Resoled Brogans $10.85 Period Finish is not available on re-soled shoes |
These are the standard shoes of the Federal Army from 1851 through the early 1870's. We manufacture an especially heavy duty model. Jefferson brogans are made on left and right lasts of oak tanned leather (rough side out) dyed black in color. After some wear the upper will take on the classic shovel toe appearance. Laces are provided. The soles are made of two layers of prime sole leather.
(Beware! Some shoemakers use one layer of belly and one layer of sole leather. You only get half the wear.)
The soles are pegged with wooden pegs as originals.
Brogan leather may be wet and dried indefinitely so long as heat is NOT applied. The leather will soften for great comfort if you apply shoe oil. Keep your shoes clean and apply shoe oil on a regular basis. Shoe blacking may be used as well. Keep shoe trees in these and you will double the life of your brogans.
Special Note: DO NOT PUT YOUR FEET CLOSE TO OR IN THE FIRE. You will bake the soles and cause them to dry up and crack open. At this point there is nothing to be done to repair them.
Sizes Available: Men's Size 7D through 14D, 1/2 sizes available from 7 1/2 - 12 1/2, or 3E sizes from 8EEE through 12 1/2EEE
Crown soap- 4oz of soap in a tin container $6.95
We are now offering this period soap for cleaning leather. This is based off a period recipe for soap liked by harness makers. This is not like modern saddle soaps but instead is mostly made from cod oil. This type of soap will clean the leather but not be harsh enough to damage the leather. Leather items should be cleaned with soap several times a year in order to prevent the build up of dirt and other things that will damage the grain surface.
#PW124 Preservation Wax $12.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. This is the clear wax, for use on russet items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
#BPW125 Black Preservation Wax $14.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. Lamp black has been added to help maintain the black color of your leather items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
This brogan pattern was taken from the article in Company of Military Historians, Summer 1995. They are made on left and right lasts of oak tanned leather (rough side out) dyed black in color. After some wear the upper will take on the classic shovel toe appearance. Laces are provided. The soles are made of one layer of prime sole leather. The soles are welted and sewn. Heels have hand set square nails. The sewn sole brogan is not suitable for modern surfaces but will give years of wear on grass and dirt. (Do not march in parades, etc. on modern surfaces.)
Crown soap- 4oz of soap in a tin container $6.95
We are now offering this period soap for cleaning leather. This is based off a period recipe for soap liked by harness makers. This is not like modern saddle soaps but instead is mostly made from cod oil. This type of soap will clean the leather but not be harsh enough to damage the leather. Leather items should be cleaned with soap several times a year in order to prevent the build up of dirt and other things that will damage the grain surface.
#PW124 Preservation Wax $12.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. This is the clear wax, for use on russet items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
#BPW125 Black Preservation Wax $14.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. Lamp black has been added to help maintain the black color of your leather items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
Corinth Shoes
These shoes were not made here in Corinth but rather dug out of a well. These came out of a well near where Lowe's is now located in Corinth. In 1862 there was a Cavalry camp located in that area and these shoe belonged to one of the Federal troops that occupied Corinth after the capture in May of 1862.
These are a sewn sole bootee on the straight last pattern. We are only making these in the straight last pattern so the only width offered will a "D".
Special Note: DO NOT PUT YOUR FEET CLOSE TO OR IN THE FIRE. You will bake the soles and cause them to dry up and crack open. At this point there is nothing to be done to repair them.
Available in Sizes: 7 through 12, Half Sizes Available 7 1/2 through 11 1/2
#126 Sewn Sole Corinth Shoes $155.00
Add For size 12 $ 14.00
(You will need to allow approx. 6 weeks for delivery on any smoothout shoe.)
Crown soap- 4oz of soap in a tin container $6.95
We are now offering this period soap for cleaning leather. This is based off a period recipe for soap liked by harness makers. This is not like modern saddle soaps but instead is mostly made from cod oil. This type of soap will clean the leather but not be harsh enough to damage the leather. Leather items should be cleaned with soap several times a year in order to prevent the build up of dirt and other things that will damage the grain surface.
#PW124 Preservation Wax $12.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. This is the clear wax, for use on russet items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
#BPW125 Black Preservation Wax $14.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. Lamp black has been added to help maintain the black color of your leather items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
(This is not a stock shoe. Each pair will be made to order. Allow at least 30 days for delivery)
This shoe is useful from the 1830's through the Civil War period (Confederate Service as well as civilian impressions). This is
a common outdoor type of shoe or work shoe for the first half of the 1800's. Our shoe is patterned from an original in our collection which is like the one found in front of Fort Jackson, Georgia.
Rough out shoes were the most common for men. Shoes were noted for
being "uncommon" or "odd" if they were made with a smooth out leather. It
was noted in period writings that Confederate troops were not charged for Russet
shoes because they were so disliked. Even the slaves would blacken them with
grease and soot so not to have the russet color.
These brogans are available in Black (rough out or smooth out) and Russet (rough out only). There are no "lefts" and "rights" to these shoes. They are made on straight lasts. ( A "last" is a block or form over which a shoe upper is drawn and shaped.) Laces are provided. Since they are made of the finest natural leather they quickly form to whichever foot you regularly wear them. Soles are pegged as original.
Special Note: DO NOT PUT YOUR FEET CLOSE TO OR IN THE FIRE. You will bake the soles and cause them to dry up and crack open. At this point there is nothing to be done to repair them.
Sizes Available: 7D through 12D and 1/2 sizes available 7 1/2 through 11 1/2.
We can not make wide sizes on a straight Last. We can make the upper like this bootee but it will need to be on the Right and Left pattern in order to get a wider width.
Crown soap- 4oz of soap in a tin container $6.95
We are now offering this period soap for cleaning leather. This is based off a period recipe for soap liked by harness makers. This is not like modern saddle soaps but instead is mostly made from cod oil. This type of soap will clean the leather but not be harsh enough to damage the leather. Leather items should be cleaned with soap several times a year in order to prevent the build up of dirt and other things that will damage the grain surface.
#PW124 Preservation Wax $12.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. This is the clear wax, for use on russet items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
#BPW125 Black Preservation Wax $14.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. Lamp black has been added to help maintain the black color of your leather items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
This shoe is copied from the original recovered from the Rose's barn in Gettysburg, PA. The barn is supposed to be a central location where the dead and dying were taken. The pattern is thought to be a servant shoe. One of the shoes has the remains a Confederate note inside the shoe. The note is a Virginia state one-dollar note from 1862. A copy of this note will be provided with each pair of shoes we send out. This is a straight last shoe and the upper is made from thin leather and backed with cloth, with a leather welt covering the edges. These were not constructed for heavy marching and campaigning but were pressed into service any way. This shoes would work nicely for a ladies shoe.
Follow this link to see pictures of the original
shoes.
Special Note: DO NOT PUT YOUR FEET CLOSE TO OR IN THE FIRE. You will bake the soles and cause them to dry up and crack open. At this point there is nothing to be done to repair them.
Sizes Available: Men's Size 7D through 12D and 1/2 sizes available 7 1/2 through 11 1/2.
We can not make wide sizes on a straight Last. We can make the upper like this bootee but it will need to be on the Right and Left pattern in order to get a wider width.
Crown soap- 4oz of soap in a tin container $6.95
We are now offering this period soap for cleaning leather. This is based off a period recipe for soap liked by harness makers. This is not like modern saddle soaps but instead is mostly made from cod oil. This type of soap will clean the leather but not be harsh enough to damage the leather. Leather items should be cleaned with soap several times a year in order to prevent the build up of dirt and other things that will damage the grain surface.
#PW124 Preservation Wax $12.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. This is the clear wax, for use on russet items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
#BPW125 Black Preservation Wax $14.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. Lamp black has been added to help maintain the black color of your leather items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
D. M. Winters Shoes
These shoes are copied from originals in our collection. D. M. Winters was a shoe maker in Alabama. These are straight last shoes in black rough out leather with a double row of pegging as the original shoes. They have a separate tongue that is stitched to the upper.
We have copied the stamps found in the sole of the original, which includes Winters own stamp as well as a rare sole tannery stamp. The sole tannery stamp is found in the heel of the shoe.
Tannery stamps are listed in period writings about tanneries but actually finding a stamp is very rare. This is the way that tanneries identified their products. At a time when cheap inferior leather was being sold as being from a reputable tannery; stamps were the only way to insure the seller that they were receiving was what they thought they were buying.
The tannery stamp is "Eaton, N.Y.", Tannery. I have no information to tell whether it was in Eaton, New York or if it was owned by someone named Eaton and just happened to be in New York.
The use of leather from New York or Pennsylvania would have not been that uncommon in the south. Since the south’s leather tanning ability according to the 1860 census was only 6.5% of all GNP of all leather produced in the US at that time, where as New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts accounted for all most 70% of all leather tanned in the US.
Available in Sizes: 7 through 12, Half Sizes Available 7 1/2 through 11 1/2
#123 DM Winters Shoes $158.00
Add For size 12 $ 14.00
These are a gray wool sock with cotton toe and heel.
One size fits most.
Crown soap- 4oz of soap in a tin container $6.95
We are now offering this period soap for cleaning leather. This is based off a period recipe for soap liked by harness makers. This is not like modern saddle soaps but instead is mostly made from cod oil. This type of soap will clean the leather but not be harsh enough to damage the leather. Leather items should be cleaned with soap several times a year in order to prevent the build up of dirt and other things that will damage the grain surface.
#PW124 Preservation Wax $12.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. This is the clear wax, for use on russet items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
#BPW125 Black Preservation Wax $14.95
This is specially designed product to give you maximum life out of your leather items. Lamp black has been added to help maintain the black color of your leather items. This wax contains a natural mold and mildew inhibiter, along with protection from insect damage.
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