Wooden Clogs Shoes

The Maja is a hand-made open back classic wooden clog sandal in genuine leather.

Wooden clogs shoes. Where the wooden upper covers the whole of the foot to near the ankle such as the familiar Dutch klomp. Sandgrens Clogs has been making the best handmade wood clog mules sandals and boots since 1846 for both men and women. From around the year 1200 onwards people started to protect their feet where it was common to walk on bare feet before that age.

The traditional all-wooden Dutch clogs have been officially accredited as safety shoes with the CE mark and can withstand almost any penetration including sharp objects and concentrated acids. Clogs are a typically Dutch icon. The wood was dunked in water since wet wood doesnt splinter so easily.

Whole foot clogs can give sufficient protection to be used as safety footwear without additional reinforcements. The clog maker would then take a sharp knife to refine the outside of the shoe before gutting a hollow shape on the inside. Visit any Dutch tourist shop and youll see this national symbol on keychains magnets clothes you name it.

This clog is based on the German Fussform shape so the toe area is bigger and wider overall. 5 out of 5 stars 2859 2859 reviews. Wooden shoes are utilized worldwide and even though the shape can vary by culture inside a culture the shape frequently continued to be unchanged for hundreds of years.

The design of the wooden clog evolved from the demand for an enclosed shoe that would protect the feet from the wet and cold elements. Wooden shoes or clogs it doesnt get any more Dutch than that. Wood was available everywhere and when the tools became good enough to hollow the wood people began to wear wooden shoes.

Although we specialize in clogs we carry all types of footwear. Some people think that the Dutch still wear clogs every day. We know better in Holland since you are not likely to see them on the streets.