<div class='quotetop'>(PHArchivist @ Aug 2 2006, 08:31 AM) [snapback]1292453[/snapback]</div>
<div class='quotetop'>(sportzjunky @ Aug 2 2006, 02:36 PM) [snapback]1292419[/snapback]
Assuming its actually wang.
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:confused Whazzat mean.? :confused
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its origins........................................
Thong (Other medieval spelling include Thonging, þwang, Wang, Whang)
Thonging used sew stitch with. Not commonly used in Medieval shoes, but it is used in areas where thread has been more expensive. For example, leather thonging has been found in Britain in construction roles that are filled by thread at the same time on the Continent. In later Saxon shoes and Scandinavian shoes itÂ’s sometimes found in the inseam
Narrow leather thonging is found in Roman nailed shoes (a) for holding the various bottoming sections together; (B) for bracing (q.v.) the upper during lasting. In early Saxon shoes it was used to sew the upper to the bottom in turn-shoe construction (q.v.) passing through a rib round the margin of the flesh side of the sole. It was later replaced by thread. Thonging is also used as a shoe tie in various positions on the upper. [Thornton/Swann, 1983]
Used in early Celtic and Norse hide shoes to sew the main seams together and are frequently made in a piece with the shoe itself.
Used in 19th and 20th century (rural) shoes to sew uppers together [Foxfire 6]
Its a common term in propmaking for leather strips & strapping..... apparently not here.
purchase.
