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Offline DGF

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Elk hoof shoes
« on: August 01, 2012, 03:56:23 am »
As the title says, these are elk hoof shoes. I saw these at a small museum in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan and thought they were pretty cool.



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Offline Adam

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2012, 01:57:50 pm »
Those are pretty neat!  They remind me of the episode of the Andy Griffith Show where the livestock thieves were putting shoes on cows to disguise their footprints.
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Offline bowtarist

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2012, 01:58:40 pm »
 8) and sneaky.  dp
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Offline primitivepaulette

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2013, 12:02:57 pm »
This is awesome! Very clever.

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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2013, 01:14:44 pm »
The original steel toed boot.

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Offline rileyconcrete

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2013, 12:38:04 pm »
bet those were uncomfortable to wear!
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Offline Steamfab

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2013, 03:52:48 pm »
Way too cool... and ingenious!
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2013, 05:15:23 am »

     Wow!  An original pair of "Steve Martin's"  "Cruel shoes". :o ;) ;D

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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2013, 08:39:26 am »
  SWEETTTTT
 
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Offline sleek

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2013, 04:08:29 am »
Totally gonna do that and wear them in public everywhere I go! And at least once to work...
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2013, 04:20:46 am »
Quote from: sleek on March 28, 2013, 04:08:29 am
Totally gonna do that and wear them in public everywhere I go! And at least once to work...

     So are you going to put little horns on your head, and carry a flute? ::) ;D ;D

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Offline sleek

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2013, 05:01:44 am »
Jeeze, not trying to get committed here!!! Cant have folks REALLY knowing how crazy I am!
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2013, 02:09:46 pm »

     Hey, they give you crayons, and paper! ;) 8) :P

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Offline sleek

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2013, 02:19:01 pm »
Could a guy make a bow from that?
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Elk hoof shoes
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2013, 05:05:45 pm »
What, hooves? I doubt it.
Glue cannot be made from hooves or horns.
Horn can make a bow.
Antler and bone can also make bows, but they must be HEAVILY sinew backed- one bow that someone made had a 60-40 sinew-antler ratio- the sinew is the 60.

Maybe make tips from hooves.
I think the composition is similar to horn, but it is harder? I am not sure.
hooves are probably just too small.
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