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Step 1. Mark the center of the stock. The stretch you get from tapering the outside branch will be nearly the same as the stretch from fullering the inside branch.
Step2. Forge the
outside heel and taper the outside branch close to the dimensions it
will be when finished. Don’t go too far past the center punch mark yet
because you want to be able to adjust the toe a bit if necessary. This
branch doesn’t need to narrowed up.
Step 3. Make a toe bend and turn the outside branch and clean it up making sure you have parallel lines. Box the heel. Be careful not to forge too much past the center of the toe yet.
Step 4. Forge the
inside heel, put a slight taper in the last one third of the branch and
turn it. At this point the inside branch needs to be short enough to
allow for stretching when fullering.
Step 6. Fuller the inside branch and punch the nail holes. Safe the edges.
Step 7. Punch the outside nail holes. Note that second nail hole is a bit farther back than the one on the inside. Since the outside branch will be widened a bit, this needs to be taken in to account when determining the coarseness of the nail holes.
Step 8. Clean up the edges and level the shoe. Your outside branch will be a bit wider than the inside branch, so you need to make sure that you accommodate for this when shaping to fit the foot |
