Workaday Armor

[Rick]

Originally Posted by David

Well those look very comfortable. Good, sensible footwear i say!
Do you know what country/culture this pair is from?

Cape Cod Culture, David they recently sold at our local auction house.
Eel spears are nasty things; 5 tines at least and all of them barbed at the business end. Something very unpleasant to put through your foot accidentally, Marius.
Often spearing them happens in muddy/turbid water.