jlancasterd Posted May 11, 2008 Share #1 Posted May 11, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) One of the side shows yesterday during the Welsh Highland Railways 'Rail Ale' Festival at Dinas, near Caernarfon. This guy makes clogs for a living - one of only a handful of such craftsmen still operating in UK - he has, however, recently taken on an apprentice. M8, CV Nocton 50/1.5 [ATTACH]86641[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]86642[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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azzo Posted May 11, 2008 Share #2 Posted May 11, 2008 John, Interesting stuff. Never seen anything of the sort. I'm guessing...Is he shaving/carving a piece of wood and shaping it into a clog ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted May 11, 2008 John, Interesting stuff. Never seen anything of the sort. I'm guessing...Is he shaving/carving a piece of wood and shaping it into a clog ? HI Azzo He's shaping the wooden soles from blanks that he had prepared earlier. You can see a sample of finished clogs on his feet in the second shot. He's using traditional tools for the job - There's a whole set of knives similar to the one in my photos, all of slightly different shapes for different stages of the process. He told me that the set he is using was probably made in the 19th century as they were handed down to him by previous craftsmen clog makers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted May 11, 2008 Share #4 Posted May 11, 2008 John, As I said, very interesting and very well documented. Thankyou for the explanation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted May 11, 2008 Hi Azzo A couple more shots for you - giving a different angle on the craft. [ATTACH]86673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]86672[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_peter_m Posted May 12, 2008 Share #6 Posted May 12, 2008 John, You always got some very interesting stuff to post. Well documented, I sure would love to see some more. Nice to see the "Clogshave?" up close. Interesting also to see how clogs developed in different countries. Seams like in Brittan they are quite shoe like, in southern Germany they look more like a Dutch clog but with leather top. Been wearing those for years Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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