Carving a Wooden Clog — The All-Wood Sabot from a Single Green Block

Across rural Europe the wooden clog — the French sabot, the Dutch klomp — kept feet warm and dry for centuries. Each shoe is carved from a single block of green hardwood: the outside shaped like a foot, the inside hollowed out to receive it. Green (unseasoned) alder, willow or beech is used because it carves easily and splits little, then hardens as it dries. This blueprint carves one clog from froe-split billet to finished shoe, then repeats for the matching pair, using only edge tools.