Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread - reviews, pictures, sizing, etc...

[tietherope]

I came across this knot and have been using it lately.



http://sockingbehaviour.com/how-to-lace-and-tie-mens-dress-shoes/
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

 

[bkotsko]

I came across this knot and have been using it lately.

http://sockingbehaviour.com/how-to-lace-and-tie-mens-dress-shoes/
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Do you play piano?
For those of us with sausage fingers... this is painful. HAHA

 

[tietherope]

Do you play piano?
For those of us with sausage fingers... this is painful. HAHA

I should have actually said "I use it when I have 5 extra minutes to do so before work". I'm nowhere close to good at it.

 

[cincikid]

I came across this knot and have been using it lately.



http://sockingbehaviour.com/how-to-lace-and-tie-mens-dress-shoes/
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Excellent. Just tried it and love the result!

 

[cincikid]

I should have actually said "I use it when I have 5 extra minutes to do so before work". I'm nowhere close to good at it.

It only took me 5 seconds, but I must admit I did play piano at school

 

[coolarrow]

Chocolate Larchmonts today:

 

[kentyman]

Why not just re-learn how to tie your shoes "correctly?"

I know that's easy for me to say, since I've always tied mine "correctly" (I think it may have something to do with being left handed). The way a lefty naturally ties a shoe tends to result in the "correct" method, while the natural way for a right handed person (unless they were taught the correct way as a child), is to do it the opposite way which leads to the problem you have.

It may be awkward for a few weeks, but you'd form a new habit sooner than you think.

It's actually not a matter of left- vs. right-handedness. The problem comes from tying the inital overhand knot the same way as the eventual loop knots, leaving an unbalanced knot. So LR/LR (left-over-right/left-over-right) has the same problem as RL/RL. The key is to do either LR/RL or RL/LR...

Just cross the laces the opposite way you do now for the first knot...

This is the key! Sadly, the TED Talk I first learned this from taught the harder way: to do your first knot normally and then tie your bow backwards. It's much easier to just do your first knot backwards and then tie your bow as normal.

on a side note I notice you have the same shoelace loop issue that so many of us have. I solve this by double knotting... is that bad of me?

I actually find that with double-knotting, I like to go the same way each time (LR/LR/LR or RL/RL/RL). But I only do this with casual shoes/laces when they're too long or won't stay with a single knot. I wouldn't do this with dressy shoes.

 

[FreedBird]



I came across this knot and have been using it lately. http://sockingbehaviour.com/how-to-lace-and-tie-mens-dress-shoes/ http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Good lace advice, thanks!

 

[DJTraveler]

Just got my pair of Evanstons back from a recraft!

My favorite AE shoe. I got mine re-crafted last year.

 

[MoneyWellSpent]

It's actually not a matter of left- vs. right-handedness. The problem comes from tying the inital overhand knot the same way as the eventual loop knots, leaving an unbalanced knot. So LR/LR (left-over-right/left-over-right) has the same problem as RL/RL. The key is to do either LR/RL or RL/LR...


This is the key! Sadly, the TED Talk I first learned this from taught the harder way: to do your first knot normally and then tie your bow backwards. It's much easier to just do your first knot backwards and then tie your bow as normal.



I actually find that with double-knotting, I like to go the same way each time (LR/LR/LR or RL/RL/RL). But I only do this with casual shoes/laces when they're too long or won't stay with a single knot. I wouldn't do this with dressy shoes.

I'm actually not too sure I followed you very well. However, it was just a theory based on anecdotal evidence. I've not yet met a left handed person that has the problem. Not any scientific or truly logical reason. I'm sure someone who is left handed will chime in shortly to say that they have the problem now that I've said that.

EDIT: Nevermind, I see what you are saying now. Indeed, it does require not tying both knots LR/LR or RL/RL. That said, I've still not met a lefty with the problem!

 

[tifosi]



I'm actually not too sure I followed you very well.  However, it was just a theory based on anecdotal evidence.  I've not yet met a left handed person that has the problem.  Not any scientific or truly logical reason.  I'm sure someone who is left handed will chime in shortly to say that they have the problem now that I've said that.

My wife is right handed and her bows end up vertical.

 

[MoneyWellSpent]

My wife is right handed and her bows end up vertical.

Yes, not all right handed people have a problem. I just haven't ever met a left handed person who does.

 

[FreedBird]



Yes, not all right handed people have a problem.  I just haven't ever met a left handed person who does.

Well I am left handed, so apparently it doesn't help me out all that much.

 

[MoneyWellSpent]

Well I am left handed, so apparently it doesn't help me out all that much.

There you have it!

Hence forth, I will advise people using Kentyman's technique.

 

[chinngiskhaan]

There you have it!

Hence forth, I will advise people using Kentyman's technique.

what do you know! even MWS learns something new every day!