How do LACE your footwear?

Spun Cuppa

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Jul 2, 2009

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• Jul 24, 2013

• #1

Shoes and casual/hiking boots get the 'normal' criss-cross pattern, while trainers and footy boots get the ladder treatment...

I daresay NSC's resident stylissimos have many variations to share?

Bring it right ON!!

 

RexCathedra

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Vacationland

• Jul 24, 2013

• #2

Velcro. Reach a certain age and you'll join me.

 

Spun Cuppa

Thanks Greens :(

Jul 2, 2009

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• Jul 24, 2013

• Thread starter
• #3

RexCathedra said:

Velcro. Reach a certain age and you'll join me.

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Good shout

Someone once told me a) footy hooligans and b) alcoholics wore Chelsea/dealer boots, as a) the law wouldn't impound your footwear if you got pinched at a game, and put in the cells, as there were no laces and b) when you got home rat-arsed, you didn't have laces to contend with when getting undressed

 

bn1&bn3 Albion

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Portslade

• Jul 24, 2013

• #4

Standard criss-cross for all my shoes except vans which are ladder.

 

spongy

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Burgess Hill

• Jul 24, 2013

• #5

I use cross cross now but used to prefer ladders, don't know when I changed, when i was an early teenager I remember I used to do my laces like this........

I used to think I was really cool

 

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Brian Parsons

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• Jul 24, 2013

• #6

When in the RAF we had to lace our boots/shoes ladder style. The reason we were told was it was easier to cut through the laces if it was neccesary to cut your shoes off. This was confirmed by my sister in law who was a staff nurse.

 

banjo

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Deep south

• Jul 24, 2013

• #7

Flip flops at the moment no need for laces.

 

Dick Head

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Quaxxann

• Jul 24, 2013

• #8

I've got one bit at the bottom where my lace broke tied in a knot to keep that bit together and another bit at the top which I tie in a bow on my left shoe and a broken lace with three knots in it that won't go through the holes properly so just goes up one side half way and I tie it in a sort of half bow on the right shoe. I should buy some new laces.

 

8ace

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Brighton

• Jul 24, 2013

• #9

Criss-cross pattern on my trainers, laces tucked in not tied

 

BN9 BHA

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Newhaven

• Jul 24, 2013

• #10

spongy said:

I use cross cross now but used to prefer ladders, don't know when I changed, when i was an early teenager I remember I used to do my laces like this........

I used to think I was really cool

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Did you have a lot of time on your hands?

 

countryman

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #11

Cross cross because it works better then the ladder and takes less time to do.

 

Lord Bracknell

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #12

14 ways to do it.

http://ajorbahman.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/blog-post_24.html

 

8ace

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Brighton

• Jul 25, 2013

• #13

Anyone go for the Run DMC option

 

spongy

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Burgess Hill

• Jul 25, 2013

• #14

bn9 bha said:

Did you have a lot of time on your hands?

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I did when I was 13 yes

 

Phat Baz 68

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Apr 16, 2011

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #15

So I was told by this old boy that " during the war " all British forces had ladder pattern laces and I believe allies too as the Japs and Jerrys had criss cross laces.
So the Gurkas fighting the jungle type warfare coud creep up on people feel their laces and if if they were criss cross slot them.
Sounds far fetched but ya never know !! I love listening to the old folk they have some great stories to tell.