Somewhere in our archives we have discussed shoes as part of our preps. Do you have enough on hand? Can you get more? Can you make new ones? Can you repair what you have? We were all in agreement that in a real TEOTWAWKI situation finding anything new would be virtually impossible. We will have to fix what we have, or make our own. I found this link that was interesting, and looks pretty easy. JMHO I thought repairing what you have would be the best option rather than starting from scratch. You can go out to about the 4:00 minute mark to get into the actual "How to" part. Seems like the materials are all readily available, and not expensive. Might be a good idea to get some and put it aside. Hope this helps.