Shoe test.

[Devlyn]

How do you "do" your shoelaces? Veterans almost always tie them left over right, in other words the lace going from left to right is always on top, because we were made to. What do your laces look like?

[Dane]

On My DCs, I have my laces looking like an X, then tie the lace under the tongue. I only have actually tied them twice. Slip ons ftw!

On my black pair of converse, my laces are bar laced, and I shove the laces in my sock.

On my Black and white pair of Levi wannabe converse, the laces are super frayed, so I just slip the shoe and fray them more by walking on them.

And on my final pair of shoes, my black doc martens, I have the laces tied ...(runs to check) right over left apparently.

All my shoes are super beat up, because I've had them for 1 year at least, and refuse to spend money on new shoes. I have higher priorities.

[mimpi]

Always left on top laced in the X style which is the most comfortable. As in Fig. 1

http://footbedclinic.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/lacingdiag.jpg

[Devlyn]

@ Mimpi, thanks for posting the link to the cool diagram! Hugs, Tracey

[Sarah Louise]

They never taught me to tie my shoes that way in the service.

I do most things backwards since I started out left handed, school forced me to write with my right hand.

[mimpi]

Lacing? There's an App for that!

http://www.downloadcheapapp.com/shoe-lacing-iphone-app-47220.html

[Morrigan]

I've always done Left over Right on the Left shoe, Right over Left on the right shoe, just for aesthetic (OCD?) purposes. About a year ago I started tying my shoes with the Ian Knot, which I learned after only a few tries. Never do it the old loop style.

I don't think anyone who enlisted since 9/11 were taught these basic tasks. I've seen various techniques to get the most comfort out of combat boots.

> http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

[bojangles]

left over right, old Army style

[Sarah Louise]

9/11 had nothing to do with how the Army made me tie my shoes, I was drafted in 1966 way back in the olden days.  And I don't think they ever said anything about how to tie your boots, just make sure they are tied.

[JenJen2011]

None of my boots/heels have laces, sorry. Now I feel like an outcast.

[Morrigan]

Oh I don't have any civilian boots with laces either, only buckles.

My point about new military is that there is more focus on job proficiency, and less on uniform tidiness.

[Devlyn]

I served from 1983-1986. 1983-1986 was also the number of times someone checked my boot laces! We were old school, if you could shoot and tie your boots left over right, you had job proficiency!

[JulieC.]

I do them however they came when I bought the shoes....it never occurred to me to change them.

[Felix]

Yeah I don't typically change mine from how they are when I get them. When I wore converse I did sometimes do bar laces. With my Doc Martens the laces are really long, so I don't lace them special but I do wrap them around the ankle a few times before tying, and I use knots instead of bows.

Normally I wear some ugly white sneakers with unremarkable laces, and I never thought about the lacing.

[Fighter]

Wait...there's more than one way to tie your shoelaces?

My mind is officially blown.

[Ryno]

You guys are reeaally making me want doc martins.

I'm pretty sure I tie mine left over right. And I use the two-loop method instead of the single-loop, "rabbit in the whole" method which apparently is weird.

But now that Morrigan posted that link to the Ian Knot, I might use that. Looks kind of cool.

[Plague]

Sorry, chicas my goth boots have a ZIPPER (jump Boots) love that. eazy on eazy off me too out cast 

[Morrigan]

Ian knot is faster to tie and doesn't come loose as easily. It also keeps a good horizontal position unless you've done it backwards. I run a lot and prefer it to using a double knot.

[Cindy]

Oh Tracey,

Do you mean Marines lace their high heels.



Hugs, How are you.

Cindy

[V M]

LOL... I lace my boots a bit different than some but can't really describe it other than space X space