#gaiters

An 1833 fashion plate in Journal des Dames et des Modes of two men in frock coats fully geared up to hunt. One wears high leather leggings and the other heavy pantaloons with integral spats, straw hat and a belt. Both carry rifles.

On the Torrijos Pilgrimage

Artist: Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez (Spanish,  1860-1938) 

Date: ca. 1915

Medium: Oil on canvas

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Yeah, I obsess about weird stuff. (Like what the heck happened to the Bo-rifle after Kallus’ little winter excursion on an ice moon?) But at the moment I’m obsessing over what to call Kallus footwear. Because he’s not wearing knee high boots like the navy. It looks like he’s wearing ankle boots -- in my equestrian world we’d call them paddock boots -- with half chaps over them. But it felt stupid calling them half chaps (another equestrian term) in my big Alexsandr Kallus story so I called them gaiters. Anyway, this is what they look like.

I sure hope it looks like my boots have gaiters, since I’m actually wearing gaiters. *chuckles* I had to make my sturdy old work boots look pretty, didn’t I? Yes, I did! I’d never settle for ordinary leather steel-toed boots when I could have pretty designs and colorful accoutrements as well! I’d be embarrassed to call myself a craftsman if I didn’t have pretty work boots.

Plus, my gaiters come in handy for things like wading through snow, and holding things together while clicking my magic heels together or tugging up the tops of my boots when I need to use my hard mode.