Eight-sole sandals (by Karei)

Hello everybody -

When the ad hoc meeting room "Tools" was open at FMELLOW (a forum of NiftyServe), Kotoishiyamani-san presented sandals called "Eight-sole sandals".

Actually, they have five sole fragments on the back. Since three and eight sound well, They sometimes are used improperly. They are called liars three and eight. (^^;

The surface of sandals is made of straws firmly shaped like a tatami mat surface and three cut bamboos attached on the back. The bamboos on the back play the role of springs enabling bending and stretching.

On the back of the bamboos, rough planed wooden pieces of about 2 cm thick are pasted along with spaces of 7 to 8 mm between them.

As they are surrounded by vinyl sheets and said to have been bought by Kotoishiyamani-san for himself, they are not goods of ancient time, I guess. They must have been pretty fashionable novelties when rubbers were not available.

They were smart footwear according to him. Now, I wonder when he wore them.

I saw them for the first time but I believe many elder Mellow brothers should have put them on.

Those who have sweet memories on them, please come along and spin the story.

Karei