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JayinNY

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Everyone on here must were some kind of work boots. I have Wolverine durashocks, and a few other brands. Anyone have a problem with the round laces untieing all the time? I double knot them to stop them from untieing, but thats a pain. Got some suggestions for good laces that stay tied? Dumb question maybe but thought Id ask. Jay
 
Yep, I have the same issues.. Can't keep em tied up half the time. Bought some laces once a while back, they were a little bigger in diameter than what seems to come with most boots.. but seemed more like a "sneaker lace" on the outside..

Issue I had with them is the "outer skin" would tear and fray.

Lately it don't seem to matter, good or cheap boot.. it hardly is worth putting laces in em when the first set goes.. I'm lucky to get 6 months out of the boots.

Brad
 
I bought a pair of Durashocks a few months ago. I got so tired of tying the laces every 15 minutes, that I quit wearing them.. I need to go get another pair of laces, so I can start wearing them again.
 
Make sure that the knot you tie is a square not. 50% of the students in my classes with tie shoes do it wrong!!! With respect, the bow loops must be flat even across the knot. If they are one up the other down, it is effectively a granny knot and will undo easily. If so, change the over under of the first knot, and tie as usual. this fixes it. Jim
 
Round laces! No way to keep 'em tied! lol I went to a fabric store got a bunch of those little plastic slider locks with the lil button in the center like they use on the bottom of jackets, and on those high tech sneaker/hiker hybrids. I put one on each boot I get that has round laces, tighten 'em up, then tie the laces over the top of them, they stay real good! Pete
 
I word Durashocks for nearly 15 years and never had a problem keeping the laces tied. When I was doing alot of welding I always replaced the fabric laces with rawhide and never had a problem with them either. I dropped the Durashocks about 6 months ago for a new pair of Timberlands since the soles on the Durashocks seemed to be wearing/rotting out somewhere around the year mark. I looked at every brand boot I could find and most fit like a wooden shoe compared to the Wolverine but I finally found a Timberland that was just as comfotatable and had a better made sole (in my opinion) that I hope will last longer. Not to mention they were about $30 less than the model Wolverine I wore all those years. I wear them every day and have never had a problem out of the factory laces on them either.
 
I tear the laces on my durashocks. My boots are about 2 years old. I have bought 3 other sets of laces, all different styles, off ebay, and they all tear in a few months. What a pain...
 
I was taught a very easy, very effective way of tying boot laces many years ago, that keeps them tight all day. It goes like this: you make your standard first loop, then as you are starting to pull your second loop, instead of pulling back the index finger that you just pushed the lace for the second loop with, you keep it there, keeping that path open, then instead of pulling the second loop out you feed it back around into that path a second time, and then pull it out. You have then made that second loop so that it is held double so that it will not loosen. Another nice thing is that this knot pulls out just like the standard bow tie. There is no need to fish around for the knot to pull it out. The neighbor who taught me this was a dairy farmer who had been in the army rangers in the sixties, which is where he learned it. The fact that the Rangers didn't have to stop to retighten and tie their boots is what has made them the highly effective and fighting force that they have been since the early days of WWII.
 
If they keep coming untied, you are probably tying granny knots instead of square knots. The motions to tie a granny knot are a little easier than a square knot, so most people learn to tie their shoes that way. When I finally realized that I had been doing it wrong all these years, I quit having problems with shoe laces coming untied.
 
Coupla thoughts: For those who tear up laces, I think Gemplers has Kevlar laces for sale, don't know the price or haven't seen reviews. Second, there is a knot that I have been using for years, now, it is tied, like a normal shoelace knot, except, you make the first bow, like normal, but wrap the bow twice, before pulling through. When you tighten this up, it never releases, yet allows you to pull on either string, to untie it. I read about it in Farm Show Magazine, been using it for a couple of years, now, and like the results.
 
Showcrop, look at the time both our posts were clocked in! Funny how 2 people can think up the same thing simultaneously!
 
Hey, isn't that something! But you failed to note how the knot changed history, LOL. Have you read about the Rangers at Point du Hoc France on D-Day?
 
LOL
I rarely tie mine.
Pretty soon the laces are worn off so I can't.

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Thanks for the advice, I tried doing as you posted, and this is what I got,?? wrong? or right? J
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I bought a pair of Wolwerine pull on boots to wear , farmer casual way, left them in the closet for months at a time got them out last year , the blue cushion on the bottom had melted to the carpet, called them , they said they said there 4?5 years old what did I expect , told them at 170 a pair , I expected them to last longer then me, they had me ship them back refunded my money and paid me to fix the carpet I was happy
 
Your lucky, my feet, ankles always bother me, I usta use a toro 52" walkbehind mower 5 days a week, and my feet always hurt. Now I ride a z mower. My brother can were boots competly worn out, broke laces and he says hes feet dont bother him?? I guess Im just a sisssy??lol
 
Get the boots that have laces in the front and a zipper on the side and glue the lace knot, then there is no problems. An old machine operator I used to work with had some like that. His kids got tired of seeing him with his boots untied all the time so they bought the ones with zippers and laces.
 
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