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Post by intothewest1836 on Jul 1, 2009 9:52:05 GMT -5
is there a way to keep mocs dry?
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Post by bamaman on Jul 1, 2009 10:10:53 GMT -5
don't walk in the water? I think what works best is to have two pair of mocs so that when one gets wet(especially in the winter) you can swap them out with the dry pair and let the wet ones dry out.
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Post by beaudro on Jul 1, 2009 11:22:49 GMT -5
no way I know of to keep mocs dry, at some point you are gonna get them wet. At rendezvous the worst part of the day is walking to the hooter when there is morning dew on the grass, mine are usually soaked just doing that. I've tried greasing mocs, but it doesn't help because I keep pushing the oils out of the moc and they end up wet anyway. I learned to live with it , if you use a wool liner it will help keep your feet from being too cold. If it's real cold weather, and it gets serious to keep your feet dry it's a whole different story. In winter I wear 2 or 3 pairs at a time, with wool lining. A layer of wool helps the most. But expect the outer moc to get wet, and with enough layers it won't effect you. At night I change and try to dry a pair over the fire, But at regular ole family rendezvous I've never worried about getting them wet, I just live with it and go on, unless it's cold I never try to fight it.
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Post by beaudro on Jul 1, 2009 12:49:16 GMT -5
i might add this link, it will show you how to make a good pair of winter mocs . www.womenofthefurtrade.com/wst_page11.html These will get you by in the worst of weather, but for the average camp I still wear a piece or two of wool inside mine. It helps just walking on sharp rocks. It can be documented for juried events, several wore more than one pair of mocs, and added almost anything to them. Deer hair, grass, wool, more leather, and the list goes on and on. I urge the wool, it does something for the moisture and even when your mocs are soaking wet it's not a problem for your feet. I talked to a few guys about the wool liners where they sew them into the moc, real common on the woodland indian style. Nobody can document them, but a slip on liner that fits like a sock can be used in juried events. These are usually short and dont reach above the flaps.
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Post by intothewest1836 on Jul 1, 2009 18:07:23 GMT -5
alan i remember you told me to have two pair maybe now i need wool and more moc . how would you find what a trapper did with mocs to know for sure?
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Post by beaudro on Jul 1, 2009 18:24:17 GMT -5
Joe, if you can search the archives on the AMM site you can find just about any peice of information you could ever want or need. All the work is really done for us. Here's a good quote on mocs, by rufus sage ,
Determined to eat as long as the means of subsistence remained, their last balls were shot away in killing a buffalo bull. After furnishing themselves from his carcase with a large supply of meat for present and future use, our hero proceeded to cut a few locks of hair from off the creature's head, for the purpose of stuffing his moccasins."Bon Dieu! Vat you tink me fine? You no can tell all day! Me no ask you guess. Bon Dieu! c'etre admirable. Me fine forty ballas, in he head. Me get'em out. Sacre tonnerre! den me had him sufficient la poudre and la ballas for de route! No go hungry une leetil bit!"
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