Hi David. Therefore I made new video to try to improve. Feel free to check on my channel - there are more huarache videos. Turn on also subtitles on that new video - there are a lot of useful information in subtitles. Thanks.

@davidtimmerman6958 and thanks for considering them as best looking. It is much appreciated.

aguyjevete 🙂

Dear @lynb5157 thanks for your question. It is 6 mm thick poly-amide so called prusik cord - you can find it mountaineering or hiking shop. You can try to turn on subtitles, there can be a lot of information found. Have a nice day.

Hi Karlo. Thank you for the comment and the question. You can try to turn on the subtitles. I should have let viewers know there are subtitles where a lot of things are explained. The material for soles is some very old leather belt - driver belt for some historical machine. I'm not convinced something like that can be bought nowadays in some shop. I bought it from one lady from eastern Slovakia. I believe it is a leather from bull. So some kind of leather, depending on what you can find or what thickness you prefer might serve well. In my other video i used the shoemakers rubber. Leather is however for myself more comfortable, but also more slippery too...

Простите, я не понимаю 😟

ты делаешь это очень хорошо. привет 🙂

Hi John. Many thanks. I'm really glad. I hope you liked the video too. Greetings from Slovakia to you and your friend. Best regards, Andrej

@@videoinstructables Spacibo.

Muchas gracias mi compadre

Hi @Rikhartpt, thanks for your question. In principle it did not any harm to my feet ever. I used there poly-amide Prusik cord 6 mm thick. But honestly I wanted to try in this video to make them with round leather lace 5 mm thick. But it turned out to be a horrible cord - easily breakable. At least the lace I tried to use was awful. I have a feeling flat leather laces might be better, but I'm not sure how durable it might be. If you have some cords from different materials don't hesitate to try. Free free also to share your experience with some other materials here too. Previous year I bought a cord from pure cotton when I was in Prague. But it is questionable how long it would hold out on the sides where there is a friction with surface. You know from the bottom. Greetings from Slovakia.

@@videoinstructables Greetings from Portugal, thank you for your nice video. Yes, I will try with flat leather strips!

@@Faforino many thanks my friend. Good luck with huaraches and in general.

Hi @basilbruder7203. I personally prefer 6 mm thick so called Prusik cord instead classic paracord 550. In principle when I feel something uncomfortable then it is in my case mostly the heels area - because one of the cords "level" is usually fasten too tight. Between toes I leave them a bit loose... that area is usually not doing much troubles to me. Between the toes it does not have to be fasten too tight. I hope when you will try e.g. 6 mm cord. Probably the best is the cord made from poly-amide and when you will try to tie it couple of times then hopefully you will find what works best for you. In this video is not shown the tying process, but in some others I'm showing how it is best for me to start the tying process. Good luck, my friend. Greetings from Slovakia.

im actually not sure which cord i use i even think its prusic cord. well maybe it grows stronger and eventually will have no more problems i dont know. the thing is from running and treating it rough it roughs up all the skin. how are your experiences with leather @@videoinstructables

Hi Basil. Thanks a lot for your reply. I'm sorry to hear that. You know, I'm not really running much. I prefer backpacking. In the video I made couple of years ago I'm showing huaraches made from shoe-makers rubber. In those if I walked 3-4 km. Was just fine. But if more... 7-8 km or more, then I had blisters. Leather huaraches are definitely more slippery, indeed. But it is more pleasant on the feet. In those I could walk more without blisters. Couple of times I did 10 km and all was OK. In 2017 and 2018 I was doing a lot of backpacking partially in valleys, but also in the mountains. Doing often 30, 40, or even 50 km per day (with backpack weighing 10 to 20 kg). Couple of times it was cca 54 km. More not. Usually whatever I had on my feet after roughly 30 - 35 km started real problems with blisters. In principle best for me is wearing a kind of trekking sandals, as my feet sweat quite a lot in any shoes. Honestly in huaraches I never walked so much.

Hello @Paramurasaki 🙂Sure, exactly this kind of leather might be difficult to find. I guess I was lucky. But there are plenty of materials that can be used. With thinner material is even easier to work, so scissors should be enough. Drill is not necessary at all too. I agree, on some surfaces it may be slippery. But as said in one of my other comments I mostly just walk in them, as I like the most the backpacking. Have a nice day and good luck.

Many thanks, my friend. I appreciate it. All the best and greetings from Slovakia.

You deserve the compliments! All the best from USA @@videoinstructables

Many thanks, Andrew. I like this tying too. Greetings from Slovakia.

Espectacular!! Felicitaciones!! Veo difícil que yo lo pueda hacer !!

@@angelamercedespaulazzo2729 Many thanks, dear Angela Mercedes Paula. Greetings from Slovakia. Take care. Best Regards, Andrej

Dear Miriã. Many thanks for your another very nice comment. Thank you kindly for that. I think it is called a "flat washer". I had couple of them in different sizes at home, so i picked the one where cord was possible to put through, but not so easily. I would like to apologize to you for my later response. I was without my PC almost 3 days and had very limited access to internet on mobile phone too. Have a nice day and take care. Best regards, Andrej

Dear Andrej, thank you so much for taking your time to reply to my message, I appreciate your return and it helped me as I never heard of “flat washers” but I’ve searched on eBay and I can order some when I need. Thanks again and have a lovely Christmas ❤

@@mirian593 Dear Miriã. I'm really happy you replied. In fact you are the first one who ever replied in the comment on my channel. Many thanks to you 🙂. Those so called "flat washers", if that is best term for it, can be found for sure in almost any ordinary hardware stores (for example in Lowe's Home Improvement, or OBI, or BauMax and similar). The price for it is usually only few cents. Dear Miriã, thanks a lot also for nice Christmas wishes. I also wish to you and your family really nice and peaceful Christmas. Take care and good luck to you also in the new year. Best Regards and greetings from Slovakia.

Dear Mirian, many thanks for your nice comment. I appreciate it. Did you check also my new video with huaraches? You might find it interesting too. All the best and greetings from Slovakia.

Hello there. Thanks for your question. The cord is 6 mm and the leather is 5 mm thick. I personally do not run much, I like most the backpacking. But I tried couple of times to run in them and it was good. So this time I used poly-amide so called Prusik cord. But in my previous video I used ordinary paracord 550. The diameter of the drill was 5 mm this time. Is best a bit smaller than the diameter of the cord, so it does not move too much. I hope this helps. Greetings from Slovakia.🙂

Many thanks, my friend. In some languages they call similar sandals "Jesus sandals" 🙂

Hi John. Many thanks for your comment. Some time ago I was thinking again if these sandals can be or should be considered as barefoot sandals or not. In principle I said in my video that this is DIY manual how you can make such sandals. I think I did not say that these particular sandals are really barefoot sandals - but the procedure of making them is virtually the same. So it is up to you what you prefer to use for soles. I mentioned there that can be used also leather and the thickness is arbitrary, and in the comment I have a sentence "Depending on the thickness of the soles can be considered also as barefoot sandals". One way or another, for example here in Slovakia some trails and paths in the nature are quite rocky and the rocks used are from stone-pit, so wearing too thin soles can be really painful. However I checked again what thickness of the soles is still considered as barefoot, and I found in several sources that up to 6mm is considered still as barefoot. I used exactly 6mm thick rubber. Indeed, in some cases it is mentioned up to 4mm, I admit. But there are also other aspects what barefoot shoes producers say about their barefoot shoes: [I copied these sentences from some e-shop with barefoot shoes and behind hashtag is my comment] - Space: they have plenty of room for your toes. # my sandals have really a lot of space around toes - Flexibility and adaptability: barefoot shoes follow the natural movement of your feet. # I feel my movement is very natural, and very pleasant, and it does not hurt - Lightweight: they are as light as a feather and don’t weigh you down. # no problem with this too, especially those i made from leather are very lightweight - Zero heel drop: barefoot shoes don’t tilt your feet or change your body alignment. # my huaraches are meeting this condition too - Thin sole: the sole itself is meaningless if the shoes don’t match any of the previous points mentioned. # other points are met, and thickness is still in the limit And I read somewhere that barefoot shoes or sandals should not have any orthopedic arch support. This condition is also met then. Therefore I consider these sandals still at least 90% barefoot 🙂 John, many thanks for your comment once again. Some time ago I had similar comment, and back then I replied that they are maybe not barefoot then. But as said many aspects of barefoot as a term are met, so I think it is acceptable to call these sandals even barefoot. Anyway, I'm open to discussion and anyone can put his or her comment about this topic. Many thanks to you John and to all watchers. Greetings from Slovakia to all.

Thanks a lot for your comment, my friend. With the washer was not originally my idea. I saw it in some other huaraches video, honestly. Leather is for sure a bit slippery on certain surfaces. It is, however, interesting feeling to wear them. Those made from shoemaker's rubber are somewhat less pleasant on the skin. After more kilometers (e.g. more than 6) i had blisters from them. But in these leather huaraches not at all. I was thinking to glue these two materials together, but then the weight will be for sure higher. That 6mm thick rubber is in principle quite heavy. Best regards and greetings from Slovakia.

Thanks a lot. Indeed 😊. I really appreciate your comment and very nice words. Take care, my friend. Greetings from western Slovakia

🙂many thanks, my friend. As said in the video (in the subtitles) - from one lady from eastern Slovakia. She told me it was a driver belt for some historical machine. Honestly, I'm really glad i bought them from her. Even though very old, those leathers are really cool. Have a nice rest of the weekend.

Hello Victor. Thanks a lot for your comment and question. I bought it from one lady from eastern Slovakia. In past it served as drive belt for some historical machine. I believe this leather originates from bull. The thickness is 5 to 7 mm. Couple of years ago i made couple of huaraches from rubber. But i always wanted to try also something like this. Feeling is a bit different, but any material has certain advantages and disadvantages. So look for some historical drive belt on flee market or similar.

Hi Penelope... thanks for your comment... yes.. indeed... up to 4mm is considered as barefoot... thicker probably not, but still sometimes on some stony roads it may even hurt. Hopefully soon I will record and publish another video with leather huaraches soles this time 🙂

yes, for sure 😉. We like him very much - small boss. Thanks for your comment Christine. Take care.

@@videoinstructables Sorry 😔 He. He reminds me of a bat mixed with cat. And that's cute 😁

Hi @adriankalitka3762. Many thanks for your comment. When I a looked for some videos with key words "spitting kitten" I found this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/eafUpZ9qecuiedk here is exactly the same sound. Cool. I will tell to my dad, who recorded this video, how it is called. Thanks much one more time. Take care. 🙂👍

thanks for your comment @shayj411. I was thinking what's also the strange sound from second 0:02 to 0:05. I realized that it is inhale (take a breath). It also sounds quite interesting when it is slowed down to 20% of original speed. So just to mention once again. Sound of kitten is authentic. Nothing added, nothing changed. 3 clips are with original speed. And last one is same but slowed down to 20% of original speed and a bit increased volume. Nothing else. As mentioned in other reply to comment... interesting is also that kitten is not doing this specific sound anymore. Yes, indeed he is really cute small tomcat. Thanks one more time.

@@videoinstructables oh ok. My bad. Btw I didn't mean to say it was anything bad. I didn't look in the description to see if you'd said all that. Most people don't. Really cute kitten. I meant my comment more as a joke than anything else

Hi @@shayj411 no problem at all. I was not sure how exactly it was meant. So I rather explained again. I'm personally still very surprised how odd it sounds when it is slowed down. By the way @adriankalitka3762 from other comment solved the mystery ... it is so called "spitting of kittens". I personally never heard that before. My dad captured it back then on video. Here in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eafUpZ9qecuiedk can be seen and heard exactly the same sound the kitten is doing. Probably it is a kind of defensive reaction - which should scare the opponent. Tare care, my friend. Good luck.

Hi @onix331. Thanks much for your comment. Did you saw also my video where our kitten is making quite strange sound? It looks almost like a barking. But cat-like 😃

Dear Wendy-Ann, thanks a lot for your comment. I guess it is because the kitty was abandoned by his mom quite early. His step-sister is his only cat friend. There is a video where they play in the flowers.

*clears my throat* you're very welcome DiY Now <3 :) ^_^

My black cat is kinda the same She's a sweetheart but shes a bit dangerous

*clears my throat* Kelroy Lovel don't let the black cat bite you okay?

@@WendyAnnChadWick-rp1ez too late for that She's around 7 years old now lol And I'm more worried about the claws... 👀

he he, the sound was really strange. Kitten did it couple of times. But it is not doing such sounds anymore. This video was recorded 3 weeks ago by my dad. Thanks for your comment @stukatta587 😺

thanks, Oliwer. Yes, indeed 🙂

Many thanks, Luca. I plan to record another video with huaraches - this time made from leather. Hopefully people will like it. Have a nice day my friend.

many thanks

Здравствуй, друг. Это 215 сантиметров на одной ноге.

@@videoinstructables Спасибо, ты приятный человек !🍺🍧

Ahoj Klaudia, dakujem za otazku. Ano ide to bez problemov dat ich dole a znova si ich obut. Cize cez patu dat dole a naspat. Samozrejme, musi to byt primerane stiahnute... ked par krat uviazes tak prides na to ako je to optimalne. Keby cosi, pytaj sa. Pekne sviatky vam prajem.

@@videoinstructables dakujem :DD