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Talking of shoe laces............
After years of buying shoes at M&S and finally realising they were now rubbish I splashed out on a £150 pair of Dr Marten's Shoes Beautiful shoes, fit like a glove, big thick sole.......... but the shoelaces are not long enough. The shoes have 3 pairs of eyelets but I've had to miss out the first pair and just thread the laces through two pairs in order to have long enough ends to tie a double bow Felt a bit miffed that for the sake of a few pence worth of shoelace my opinion of £150 shoes was diminished............
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Aglet repair ideas https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ag...utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Length of laces depends on how many eyes the shoe has, more eye holes the longer the lace. If you cut a lace at the ends it is ruined it will be ruddy hard to thread through the eyes cleanly
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OP, what is the name (model) of your shoes at Clarks. I will find the laces, I love looking for shoes etc.
Im not allowed to buy any shoes this year so it will give me the thrill of the chase. |
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Had to pull some old laces out my shoes today and was wondering where to buy them. Good thread!
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I do know how you feel on the subject of shoes sundries. I had a pair of expensive navy blue shoes and the toe area scuffed white
I still haven't found a decent navy blue shoe polish, all I can find is a navy cream in a glass jar, which when applied just colours the toe area a pale blue and not a deep navy blue. I would also like a liquid Polish in a bottle with a sponge applicator, to stain the toe area a deep navy blue, does anybody have any idea where I could buy this, thank you in advance, sorry to hijack the thread. |
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Although I know there are the other places to get laces, it's always annoyed and amazed me just why most shoe shops don't stock them.
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Going slightly off topic;
Do many people lace their shoes in the military fashion; that is, the visible lace going horizontal to the directly opposite lace hole? I guess it's something that once done, becomes a habit. The majority of people do of course lace their shoes in a herringbone fashion - lacing into the next-above hole. |
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Just thinking that someone should invent an aglet-fixer so the wearer can fine tune the lace length to their own preference then add a new aglet on the cut end. Or replace the aglets with custom ones (eg death heads
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Some rather fetching slip on Lonsdales from Sports Direct will solve this problem.
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Going slightly off topic;
Do many people lace their shoes in the military fashion; that is, the visible lace going horizontal to the directly opposite lace hole? I guess it's something that once done, becomes a habit. The majority of people do of course lace their shoes in a herringbone fashion - lacing into the next-above hole. http://protips.dickssportinggoods.co...QUES_DICKS.jpg |
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As an experiment I tried using heat shrink tubing and also super glue. Sadly nothing worked as well as the original end material whatever that is. All my attempts looked a right mess!
Needless to say, you can also source shoelaces! |
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Quick look at amazon and ebay reveals an abundance of laces in all colours, lengths and thicknesses,
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Looking through the window of the shoe repair shop I saw something called "Easy Tie" shoe laces.
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Going slightly off topic;
Do many people lace their shoes in the military fashion; that is, the visible lace going horizontal to the directly opposite lace hole? I guess it's something that once done, becomes a habit. The majority of people do of course lace their shoes in a herringbone fashion - lacing into the next-above hole. |
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OP, what is the name (model) of your shoes at Clarks. I will find the laces, I love looking for shoes etc.
Im not allowed to buy any shoes this year so it will give me the thrill of the chase. However the laces that Clark's supply in the shoes are a bit unusual in that they don't stretch when you pull them, meaning that they do the shoe up firm and all the eylets pull up evenly. Many flat aftermarket laces seem 'nylony' so go thin when you pull them rather than pull the shoe tight. I did heat that the genuine ones used to be for sale at over £5, but no longer - although the shoes are still for sale. |
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Was amazed to discover that there are right/wrong ways to thread your laces, depending on the physical shape/condition of your feet, rather than just a fashion choice!
http://protips.dickssportinggoods.co...QUES_DICKS.jpg I used Amazon recently to replace the laces in my walking boots. They were great. |
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Looking through the window of the shoe repair shop I saw something called "Easy Tie" shoe laces.
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I have cream laced shoes and it was impossible to find any in shops . I got them online , any colour any length all on Amazon . While I was rhere I ordered others and all arrived and were exactly what we needed
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Was amazed to discover that there are right/wrong ways to thread your laces, depending on the physical shape/condition of your feet, rather than just a fashion choice!
http://protips.dickssportinggoods.co...QUES_DICKS.jpg |
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Of course, you could always go to a website dedicated to shoe laces, any kind, any length, colour, whatever you require
![]() http://www.biglaces.com/ |
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Of course, you could always go to a website dedicated to shoe laces, any kind, any length, colour, whatever you require
![]() http://www.biglaces.com/
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