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Post by hawkeyes on Aug 24, 2020 9:05:59 GMT -7
I'm scouring some sources for the so said woolen legwraps, however falling short of anything relative to the 18th century, mainly Anglo Saxon/ Danish references to their use. With fall and winter approaching I'm wanting to experiment with something different other than woolen leggings. I've seen others wear something similar in terms of wool cloth wrapped around ones leg but would like to pinpoint some documentation which I'm having issues unearthing.
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Post by brokennock on Aug 24, 2020 11:50:53 GMT -7
I'm scouring some sources for the so said woolen legwraps, however falling short of anything relative to the 18th century, mainly Anglo Saxon/ Danish references to their use. With fall and winter approaching I'm wanting to experiment with something different other than woolen leggings. I've seen others wear something similar in terms of wool cloth wrapped around ones leg but would like to pinpoint some documentation which I'm having issues unearthing. In think I remember seeing spence experiment with wool wraps instead of leggings. Hopefully he will chime in soon. I too am interested in more on this and how it was done. How long and wide is best? Does one wrap around in a spiral like an ace bandage, or in a crossing pattern? I think that if this can be properly documented it might be a good cheat for newcomers who have a long overshirt or hunting shirt and some moccasins or period shoes/boots, but no breeches yet, to get away with some type of modern pants temporarily. |
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Post by spence on Aug 26, 2020 13:37:00 GMT -7
Yes. I have experimented with leg wraps. I liked them and made them a part of my kit in really cold weather. Sorry to say I have found no specific documentation for them, but my feet don't care, they love them. Mine are just a long strip of wool about 6" wide. I wear them right over my leggings. I start wrapping them at the ankle and just spiral them up to near the knee, overlapping a bit. I made a long leather thong to wrap over them, put the middle of the thong at the ankle and wrap both ends in crossing X pattern up to the knee and tie them off. They really work to keep your legs warm, they never come loose and have caused no problems for me.    Spence |
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Post by BrotherHarpe on Oct 18, 2020 9:02:02 GMT -7
I do something similar but I wrap them around my feet up to below my knees, I have a pair of oversized pucker toes that I use for winter. I went with them because wearing several pairs of stockings got too tight and if they get wet the dry out much quicker than stockings.
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Post by BrotherHarpe on Oct 18, 2020 20:16:56 GMT -7
I do something similar but I wrap them around my feet up to below my knees, I have a pair of oversized pucker toes that I use for winter. I went with them because wearing several pairs of stockings got too tight and if they get wet the dry out much quicker than stockings. I’m not sure I explained this correctly. I wrap them around my feet and put my Mocs on OVER them and under my leggings. Here in Kentucky we have all manner of stuff that loves to stick to wool anything. |
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Post by spence on Oct 26, 2020 17:33:37 GMT -7
I've collected a few items which may relate to these leg wraps.
“They wrap their feet with pieces of blanket, and the sides of the shoes form a half boot which prevents the snow from getting in, while their feet would freeze with European shoes, as many have unhappily proved.”
Pouchot, Canada, 1750’s
_Peter Kalm's Travels into North America_ (1749) Canada:
“Instead of stockings, they wrap the legs in pieces of blue cloth, as I have seen the Russian boors do.”
Journal of a Trapper, 1834-1843, Osbourne Russell:
"His personal dress is a flannel or cotton shirt (if he is fortunate enough to obtain one, if not antelope skin answers the purpose of over and undershirt), a pair of leather breeches with blanket or smoked buffalo skin leggings, a coat made of blanket or buffalo robe, a hat or cap of wool, buffalo or otter skin, his hose are pieces of blanket wrapped around his feet, which are covered with a pair of moccasins made of dressed deer, elk or buffalo skins, with his long hair falling loosely over his shoulders, completes his uniform."
And a couple of possibles:
THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE
December 22, 1768
AUGUSTA, Nov . 16, 1768.
RUN away from the subscriber in Augusta, on the 1st of this instant, a convict servant man named THOMAS KERR, who had on when he went away a new felt hat, a light blue cloth coat, a purple coloured vest, a coarse shirt, old leather breeches, woollen stockings, a coarse pair of linen wrappers, new shoes, and a pair of large brass buckles;
THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE
March 26, 1779
STOLEN out of the subscribers house,....also a surtout coat of a light gray, with blue binding, a pair of white yarn mittings, a pair of black gray yarn wrappers, and one plaited spur.
Spence
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 26, 2020 18:12:42 GMT -7
Very nice Spence thank you, just what I've been trying to find.
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Post by Keith on Oct 28, 2020 0:52:56 GMT -7
I've collected a few items which may relate to these leg wraps. “They wrap their feet with pieces of blanket, and the sides of the shoes form a half boot which prevents the snow from getting in, while their feet would freeze with European shoes, as many have unhappily proved.” Pouchot, Canada, 1750’s _Peter Kalm's Travels into North America_ (1749) Canada: “Instead of stockings, they wrap the legs in pieces of blue cloth, as I have seen the Russian boors do.” Journal of a Trapper, 1834-1843, Osbourne Russell: "His personal dress is a flannel or cotton shirt (if he is fortunate enough to obtain one, if not antelope skin answers the purpose of over and undershirt), a pair of leather breeches with blanket or smoked buffalo skin leggings, a coat made of blanket or buffalo robe, a hat or cap of wool, buffalo or otter skin, his hose are pieces of blanket wrapped around his feet, which are covered with a pair of moccasins made of dressed deer, elk or buffalo skins, with his long hair falling loosely over his shoulders, completes his uniform." And a couple of possibles: THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE December 22, 1768 AUGUSTA, Nov . 16, 1768. RUN away from the subscriber in Augusta, on the 1st of this instant, a convict servant man named THOMAS KERR, who had on when he went away a new felt hat, a light blue cloth coat, a purple coloured vest, a coarse shirt, old leather breeches, woollen stockings, a coarse pair of linen wrappers, new shoes, and a pair of large brass buckles; THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE March 26, 1779 STOLEN out of the subscribers house,....also a surtout coat of a light gray, with blue binding, a pair of white yarn mittings, a pair of black gray yarn wrappers, and one plaited spur. Spence Excellent Spence! thank you. Keith. |
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