Here are some half done turn shoes I’m working on. The mostly completed shoe is still wet from being turned in the right way. They’re welted construction and still need a heal stiffener and another piece above the instep to be added. I may reinforce the eyelet areas as well.
I have lots of leather like this if people want to make themselves medieval footwear. It’s hard work, but footwear is typically the area that lets down most medieval and fantasy costumes. Xena boots are okay if you can get them, but a proper hand made turn shoe really does finish off a costume. Especially when you’re sitting around the camp fire with your feet up and people get a chance to look at your costume in detail.
Before I turned it in the right way I was worried they’d be slightly too tight and I’d have to give them to my wife. Happily (for me) they are a perfect fit (I should trust my measurements more by now). Aside from being very damp, it is very comfortable and more so than most modern footwear.