When Life Gives You Rattlesnake, Sew it on to Your Shoes

A few weeks ago, my coworker Gabe came up to me and offered me a proposition. The bag of pretzels in his lunch in exchange for me taking the haunted rattlesnake skin his grandpa gave him off his hands. After making him explain two more times just to be sure I understood, I was the proud owner of a supposedly haunted reptilian skin. Unsure of what to do with it, it sat on my desk until I had the idea of sewing it to some old shoes I have. Shown below is a photo I shot of the end result.

Hand sewn with clothing thread and a needle, I'm not sure how well they will hold up with actual use. In the future if I ever attempt something like this again, I'll probably use a leather punch and thicker waxed string to sew the skin to the shoe.

(c) Bill Berger 2014