Ok, wanted to bump this again. I got Benerson Little's book The Buccaneer's Realm. I was reading a section on the early buccaneers and saw a passage on clothing. Concerning footware, he mentions them using green pig hide and wrapping them around their feet and letting them dry, ensuring a perfect fit. Basically this is an early mocassin. If I can find a pig hide, I may try to do this. More later.
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