Celtic basic attire for men

In this file try to explain as fully as possible, the basic outfit for a Celtic man,

which consists on long nightgown, sweater (be it long or short sleeves),

trousers and shoes.

(Picture taken from the book Celtic Warrior 300 BC - 100 BC)

Nightgown and sweater

No matter what time of Celtic reconstructor, and the trade with Greece, is

disposed materials such as wool and linen. Cotton is not properly historical

for the time so it should not be used. Because unfortunately today you can’t

buy wool fabric we are forced to dispose of textiles that have similar

characteristics in both texture and color.

Fabrics like linen, but are variety of colors is advisable to buy fabric dyeing

white or without, so we can give a color according to the era.

The range of colors which has a Celtic reconstructor is wide but with different

shades the colors ocher are predominant, the burgundy is exclusive to the

upper class of the Celtic societies since it was an expensive dye and very hard

to find. The black color was not used instead we recommend using coffee,

dark blue, or purple.

Pant

The Celts were a wandering people or nomads, so roamed mountains, areas

of tall grasses, etc. The trousers are long and subject with a belt and tied to

the ankles (this is done to prevent rodents and other insects from getting

through between the sleeves); this was used for wool and equal manner

Front Back Arm

different shades ranging according to personal taste.

The layer

Although it was a large piece of fabric, is placed on the shoulders and

fastened with a fibula, the layer has no hood for protection from the rain,

Left leg Right

leg

this was waterproofed with lard which made it heavy not to mention smelly.

(Picture taken from the book Celtic Warrior 300 BC - 100 BC)

Fun fact:

During the Roman Empire the sides to which the fibula was placed, determined

whether or not you were a Romanized Celtic, if your fibula was on the right shoulder

were the enemy of Rome Celtic, but instead was on left shoulder were considered an

ally of Rome and therefore a traitor.

The loom

All reconstructor decides or not lead its reconstruction as far as possible, and

seeing how complex it is to find historical textiles in material and colors have

decided to develop my own Celtic loom, which is also called loom weights,

this type of machine is Greek origin, and consists of two horizontal poles and

3 side suits.

Coming up next I will place several samples of patterns that can be made in

this sort of looms

(Images taken from the book Ropa basta y de calidad Hallstatt Edad del

Bronce y del Hierro de Karina Gròmer and Helga Rösel-Mautendorfer)

Shoes

Although there are many designs and forms one of the most popular shoes

among the Celtic civilizations are strappy sandals, here a small tutorial taken

from Internet how to make them.

To make this type of leather shoes only 2.5 to 3 mm thick cords and scissors

or scalpel is needed, if you have an open hole

Take the leather and place it upside down, trace your foot. Mark a line where

the little toe (see photo above right) begins.

Now draw a line parallel to the previous 2.5 cm apart and extend (see that

the lines are located where the foot is wider).

Remarque perimeter silhouette standing 1 cm of the track to remove all

imperfections and to facilitate the tracing of parts. Now 5,5cm mark various

points of this new trunk, making a dotted line.

The next step will be to do more '' parallel '' to 3 or 4cm above the heel, and

half of those 2 (you can skip this step and do it by eye).

Then you must do the heel, a rectangle 2cm wide and 4cm high.

The 'ears' of the heel with 4.5 cm and 7 cm in the lower part at the top,

leaving 2.5 on the rounded part that separates the middle ear (see that this

that drew the parallel or very close ).

To achieve the middle ear is 6.5 cm distance, leaving 2cm in the rounded part

that separates the small ear. (See that this that drew the parallel or very

close). Small ear will 5cm high.

Once drawn ears, we will continue the part of the petals, which will be about

1cm wide.

The petals between the parallel drawn just the rule. We mark the center of

the first parallel and thence draw the petals, see that they are not very thin

on the binding piece because it will be easier to be torn, 1cm will be fine.

Try the petals remain rectangular works best.

Now with scissors or a scalpel to remove the excess part of the ears.

Now it's time to cut the petals, remember not to go to the second line of

perimeter that you made.

Rounded petals and drill (not too close to the edge) is the penultimate step, if

no tool for this use the tip of scissors or a punch.

It only remains to thread the heel as seen in the photo, the petals of the tip

may be threaded in a fan. We recommend placing leather and rubber sole for

durability.