The fur with leather thonging was used in period, I use it a bit for Norse re-enactment but try to get used fur from the thrift shops to be green and to get that "used look", though I will give you the road on the studded straps!
In Dwarven re-enactment I have no qualms using something that has a little bit more of a fantasy edge, (Having not been able to find many real examples outside of Fantasy that is) though I love the realism that comes from simpler, historical, utilitarian garb.
My Dwarven decorating propensities lean toward embelishment (understated as a ranger, but embellished none the less), as it is percieved among Dwarves that if an item is worth making it should be well made well and if it is well made it should be honored with whatever decoration it's maker has the skill to produce.
I find it a challenge to take that theory and create peices that look like they could have been fashioned by a very conservitive, utilitarian Dwarf. (An anomoly to be sure!)
I am currently working on a pair of tooled leather boot toppers for the cool Uggs my son found for me (not standard Uggs at all, they have a very Native American or even Norther Scandinavian flair) as the instep is a bit small, I have a hard time getting my heal past that piont. I had to open the seam along the rear from above the heal piece to just below the rim at the calf. I am using the topper to wrap around and fasten on the outside with some antler toggles very much like scandinavian boots. you could make a pair like this in just about any hieght and if done properly, they can look almost like they are part of the boot.
Looking at most of the Dwarve's boots from Weta they have done very much the same.
As far as ease of use and number of peices and such, I sometimes sew the straps to the tube of fur or the "c" like cuff and put them on and tie or buckle them, they become one peice on each leg, but the 9 foot long wanninga wraps can also double in a pinch for Sam's Elven rope if you get in a bind and tie them together!
I am Ringulf the Dwarven Woodsman, I craft leather, wood, metal, and clay,
I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
Come be my ally, lift up your mead! We'll search out our foes and the Eagles we'll feed!
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