Making wooden sandals (Scholl's style)

Step 2 Preparation

I'm not sure what kind of wood the originals were made from. I picked a piece of oak nominally 1 inch thick, wide enough to cut out two sandals side-by-side (one inverted). OK, it's what they had in the store. The original sandal is thicker in a couple of places, so I glued some offcuts to the top side to build up the thickness in that area.