Excerpt from our 1997 winter catalog:
“One night, some twenty-odd years ago while all were asleep, Capt. Bob Gaskill’s lab ‘Shadow’ turned his master’s favorite leather slippers into a midnight snack. Still, you can’t leave the duck shack without hearing at least one version of this story. He never found a suitable replacement…for the slippers that is.”
Details.
Here they are again in all their salt-marshy splendor...and then some! Genuine, hand-sewn moccasin construction. Full grain, HH weight, vegetable tanned, calfskin leather. And the “then some’ is this: they are fully lined with 100% genuine shearling sheepskin. Our originals had only a wool pile lining...a woven fabric made using wool and synthetic fibers. The difference is significant and the benefits are many:
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It's cool in summer and warm in winter
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Lanolin in wool is self cleaning, making sheepskin antibacterial
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Considered by the medical profession as hypoallergenic
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Sheepskin fibers are hollow and absorb up 30% of their weight in moisture without feeling wet