Shoelace Knot Techniques
Discussions center on efficient, secure knots for tying shoelaces like the Ian Knot, Secure Knot, and Surgeon's Knot from Ian's Shoelace Site, with users sharing experiences and alternatives to loose traditional knots.
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Two knots: bowline and trucker’s hitch. You’ll need them one day.
Because one better knot will do!
It's like Ian's shoelace site but for knots :D
Been using this for years, symmetric knots ftw!
Try the Surgeon's Knot instead: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/surgeonknot.htm
This is the double slip knot, I think. I have recently started using it (the standard knot is going loose too fast the way I wear my shoes) and will never go back to the standard knot. Just so good.
After tying my shoes with a granny knot for 30+ years, I switched to the 'Ian Knot' after seeing this posted a couple years ago[1]. It took me a couple weeks to get really comfortable with the new knot, but I can't imagine ever going back.[1] It comes up pretty regularly: https://hn.algolia.com/?
Sounds like you do something similar to the surgeon's knot.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon%27s_knot
That Ian Knot is how I've been tying my shoe laces for the last couple of years. I've never been able to do the single loop and wraparound, and it feels extremely illogical to me, so for all my life I've been doing the bunny ears, until I learned the Ian Knot. It's easy and fast and works very well once you get the hang of it.As for the way of tying knots being relevant: decades ago in my teenage years, after learning the bowline (paalsteek in Dutch) and sheetbend (schoots
Looks like what I learned in scouts, vis. lashing a rope end.