YouTube video by Russell Moccasin explaining various moccasin constructions by dissecting examples
- “Single-Vamp Moccasin”
- “toe piece” / "plug"
- cuts with a hatchet
- “overlap seam” patented 1910
- daily wear: lightweight, breathable
- “Double Vamp Construction”
- interior “inner vamp”
- like a leather sock
- molded separately from the upper
- inserted before sewing the toe
- silicone-impregnated leather
- seams oppose the exterior seams
- no needle holes through from exterior to interior
- molded from the bottom up
- inner vamp seam runs along the main axis
- outer vamp seam run along the featherline
- water resistance
- can replace the inner vamp if needed
- durability
- used in most of their outdoor boots
- Blake stitches attaching leather midsole only pierce the outer vamp, not the inner vamp
- interior “inner vamp”
- “Triple Vamp” / “Double Vamp with a Molded Sole”
- no more water resistant than double vamp
- support and durability
- easier to repair
- mountaineering and high-country hunting boots
- “more to build off of in the case of future rebuilds”
- inner vamp, outer vamp, molded sole
- molded sole stitching through outer vamp layer
- side-to-side support
- edge protection
- different from Maine moccasins