mint Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I remember when boot and shoe laces were made with nice, stout metal tips. Nowadays, they all seem to have useless, brittle pieces of plastic at their ends.Even my most fancy and expensive pair of walking boots made in Germany, and not Indonesia, have laces with bit a of plastic at the end. I am obsessive about not treading on the ends of the laces and I tie them up even when the boots are not in use to try and prolong the useful life of the laces.This morning, when I put the laces back on, after washing them, I can see that the plastic is not going to last as long as the laces which show no sign of wear at all.Has anyone seen any metal-tipped laces for sale anywhere? Not that it would help me with the boots because they have a complicated lacing system which require the longest laces ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I buy leather ones from the cordonnière but like everything from him they are expensive, EBay is a good source, you can find all lengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 mint you can get metal ends to put on your laces, try the usual suspects .............amazon or ebay. I've just looked, they are called aglets, I knew they had an odd name and had sort of thought that they were called piglets, that is why I checked. My husband often melts the end of modern shoe laces, just using a lighter, to stop them fraying.edit, I agree leather laces in France were expensive last time I bought them for sailing shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 UNBELIEVABLE, the way you guys always come up with the answers[:D]Aglets, eh? I can just see this word coming up in one of those quizz programmes. What do you call the tips of shoe laces? Is it a) aglets b)piglets or c)tiplets?I am incredulous and very grateful, thank you.Now to decide whether to have the screw on ones or the ones where you squeeze them together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 That is all very well you saying that, but within a week, I'll be thinking that they are called piglets again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 You can get proper Made in France laces with stamped metal tips. They are only twice as expensive, but beware, the tips are made in Taiwan and assembled in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Not much call for them when you wear Birkenstocks year round [;-)]I reckon I wear proper shoes no more than half a dozen times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote user="mint"]UNBELIEVABLE, the way you guys always come up with the answers[:D]Aglets, eh? I can just see this word coming up in one of those quizz programmes. What do you call the tips of shoe laces? Is it a) aglets b)piglets or c)tiplets?I am incredulous and very grateful, thank you.Now to decide whether to have the screw on ones or the ones where you squeeze them together?[/quote]Haha, would you believe a bootlace ferrule is a similiar thing but used on electrical cables, as seen in plugs etc before they moulded the plugs on.[geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 The easy way to get a stiff end on yer laces is to put some super glue on the last 1/2". Then if you roll yer end in some polythene sheet, poly bag or the like, you can round it off to a round end [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Does this apply to parts of the human body?By the way, Ernie, what on earth are Birkensocks; thick socks for climbing? If you wear them all the year round they must pong something awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 The safest way to fing out ould be to try it on yer finger [blink] Less embaresment than some otheer places that may spring to mind [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote user="Théière"]Haha, would you believe a bootlace ferrule is a similiar thing but used on electrical cables, as seen in plugs etc before they moulded the plugs on.[geek][/quote]You mean you don't just twist all the wires together and thread it through like you would a with bit of cotton and a needle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote user="mint"][quote user="Théière"]Haha, would you believe a bootlace ferrule is a similiar thing but used on electrical cables, as seen in plugs etc before they moulded the plugs on.[geek][/quote]You mean you don't just twist all the wires together and thread it through like you would a with bit of cotton and a needle?[/quote]Yes that's been done for years but should be outlawed as several of the thin wires get extra squashed and others escape around the screw or what ever should be retaining them. Somewhere the CE marking must have the bootlace end as a regulation.They once sold the kit in Lidl but nothing since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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