World's Best Shoe Knot

If you could find the perfect shoe knot what would it be?

1. It has to be easy to tie.
2. It has to stay tied - always.
3. It needs to be as easy to untie as pulling on a string.

Well, here it is. The perfect shoe knot.

Knots are hard to demonstrate in words and pictures. May I suggest that you watch this video for a short demonstration of the technique.

Start as you would with most ordinary shoe knots by tieing an over-hand knot.

this demonstrational video is is probably easier to understand than the verbal description.

We are still following the normal shoe tying method.

make a loop with one hand.

Wrap the other string around the loop.

This step is where we diverge from the standard shoe tie method. This is also the step that turns a standard knot into the perfect shoe knot that will never come untied.

Essentially you will be repeating step three by wrapping the string around the loop a second time.

Check theDemonstrational Videoif this doesn't make sense.

Push the string through he double wrap just as you would with the standard shoe knot

Pull tight on both loops to tighten the knot.

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.