Knot your boots off.

Any knot enthusiast?



http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm


Small learning curve, but once you get it, its pretty swift. I figure for the year I save about 13 seconds, I like free upgrades/improvements.

 

I wear shoes or boots I don't have to tie. It hurts my back more to do that rather than picking up a large round.

Gary

 

I only wear boots/shoes on the weekends. I hate socks and tying otherwise. Reason this knot only saves me 13 seconds/year.

 

I just tie my boots in a sqaure knot mostly.

 

+1

 

That's got to be a pain to untie a square knot vs a normal shoe lace knot (whatever the name is)? I know a few times I've nearly messed my pants trying to get my boots off so I could go to the bathroom (and yes messing my pants would have been better than walking on the floor with dirty boots on!)

 

I disagree, I don't like my floors more than than my clean pants.

 

Not really once you start doing it regularly. The reason I started doing it is when climbing over bolts on a pole its a pain if your loop gets hung up. I always double knotted mine antway so it takes less time to tie and untie.

 

What do you wear during the week??

 

Sandals. Year round, except when it snows. Then I have a pair of Croc Boots.

 

<==== Boat knots

 

I never would have thought about this. I will have to try this though.

 

I don't go far without steel toe boots on. I own probably 6 or 7 different pairs of steel toe boots... and yes... I have a Sunday pair. Some years back I nearly lost my big toe from it being crushed (just had regular boots). I had to relearn how to walk without using my big toe much (can't feel it)

Since then they have saved me several times!

 

I had been tying my "square knot" all wrong, and actually tying what is known as a "theif's knot." The thief's knot would come undone very frequent, even with a double knot. I now use a surgeon's knot, then an Ian Knot, and most day ill double it up. I even started using a variation of "Ians knot" on grocery bags.

Desk job = not much need for steel toe's through the week.

 

I always called that knot (the bunny ear part) the disappearing trick handcuff knot. When my son was in cub scouts I taught his den to tie it. I would get them to put their hands in the loops and pull it tight, (with an additional overhand on top it could be a pretty effective pair of cuffs). Then I would let them get their hands out, then pull on the tails and the knot disappears and you have a kid with a look of amazement on his face. I never thought to use it tying shoes.