World's Best Shoe Knot

Step 7 Finished - Untying

That's it. I have never had my shoes come untied with this knot. Even laces that tend to slip a lot - like leather laces - stay tied.

To untie, just pull on one of the ends of the laces. It will take a little more force than you would need to untie the standard knot, but it is still just as simple.

Here's the demonstrational video again in case you still have questions.

Comments

[onestaff]

You can accomplish the feat of keeping your shoes tied by simply doing a second over hand loop before tying the shoe string. Much quicker and just as effective!

[fooman]

The knot works great! I have been using it for about 35 years since a friend and sailor taught me to tie it! Most people tie a reef knot with a short turn around the loop of the knot, when you use a full turn around the loop it is called......ready for it?.....A BOW KNOT! Since Fred (Mr.) Rogers stated teaching kids to tie their shoes on television every day they have been using reef knots. A bow knot is designed stay tight even if the standing part slacks off and re tightens (like when you take a step in your shoes). The reef knot does work great though for things that do not slack and tighten like sails reefing. P.S. make sure to make the knot absolutely snug and and it will stay all day even with laces that slip like braided nylon boot laces. I work construction at height as depend on my boot laces not to come loose since it is impossible to retie them when standing in an I-beam 55 feet in the air.

[f3]

Can you add less risque videos. Wolverhampton Libraries deem them inappropriate, so I can't view.

[shoemaker]

I thought that in most places it was okay to show skin up to your mid wrist. Weird.

[Fozzy Vis]

Funky shoes ;)