Ok, so I've checked out the Invisible Shoes site, not really knowing what it was at first. I thought this pretty cool ayy. And I sort of wanted to make my own huaraches, and i saw that there was a kit. I saw the price: 24.95. I do have the money for that, but I can't convince my parents to let me buy something off the internet that is less than 15 bucks (I'm only 13). I figured though, that the only thing that would be hard to find is the sole. I could pick up rope from my dad or something. So I started looking around for rubber and things like that, and I thought, why not just get a sole off a shoe? hmmm. I had this old pair of flip-flops (really not that old, like a year), and i saw that about half of its side was rubber and half was the clothish material used in the flip flop. So i decided, i could probably cut this off. It was a long process, it literally took about 2 hours total in 3 days, and i used my pocket knife. It was totally unsafe and so forth, but it took a lot of sweat and patience. Finally I came up with my sole. Yeah, so this was only on the left flop. I tried it on my foot though, and it feels amazing, like i imagine the VibramCherry would feel. It's very flexible, and its 5 mm as I measured it. I think these could make really good soles for huaraches, so I will get my rope, leather puncher and pocket knife and cut out the next sole, and thereby make my huaraches.
So, anyone else have thoughts/stories on flip flops soles for huaraches?
So, anyone else have thoughts/stories on flip flops soles for huaraches?