Tabi pattern ?

[Saionji Shonagon]

If you use brain-tanned deerskin it's going to stretch like hell unless you use a *very* thick hide.

I'll defer to your experience, however, I had a perfectly lovely pair of deerskin riding gloves. They stretched a little over the knuckles, but "like hell" would probably be an overstatement.

(Can you tell I'm interested in making some but haven't done any reseach at all? ;D)

I'm interested too! Seems to me I've seen images of people wearing patterned tabi, but I can't be sure of the period.

Saionji

[OgamiBusho]

makiwara said:

I'll defer to your experience, however, I had a perfectly lovely pair of deerskin riding gloves. They stretched a little over the knuckles, but "like hell" would probably be an overstatement.

Sorry- I was making reference to deerskin shoes/ boots that stretch when wet and stay that way.