butni dont want to hold hands={

stuck one one my friend's arm once, just for fun. he panicked, and then i just unlocked it with my finger, and we laughed...

one time I got one stuck on my wrist tight enough to where I couldn't get out of it after a while I was able to get sizors under the thing and cut it off.

your sock has a nice r**k

iv been doing this for years never thought of posting instructable on it though.

Great job! No need for the x-acto. I usually use a small jeweler's screwdriver

I thought these things were disposable. When I use them I have no intention of ever removing them. Furthermore I tighten them with side cutters and clip the extra off to make a neat appearance. If I have an application requiring future removal I use very cheap Velcro strips.

"Everyone knows zipties are the main cause of global warming because people don't recycle. If you don't know that, you must be living under an ice cap. If you reuse them, the world will cool down and everyone will get together and hold hands!" LOL! You rock! Plus... then when everyone's holding hands, you sneak up behind 'me with a pocket full of liberated zip-ties and... ;)

Hye nice one skate, for the tiny zipties a safety pin works really well, it's fiddly to get anything under the latch piece but once you do you're in business, nice 'ible...

If you don't have any tools handy and you are dexterous enough you can use your fingernail to lift the edge of the catch then use the end of the tie to force it open further. Hold it with your fingernail and slip the tie though the catch.