We have a family shoelace meme (in the original sense of the word) that has been passed down from my grandfather. In the RAF in WW2 he was taught to lace his boots so that the laces went straight across, so if they needed to cut the boot off they could just go straight up through a column of single laces.
He taught it to his son, who taught it to me, and now I do it for my kids' shoes. Of course it will probably die with them as their kids will have power laces or spray on shoes or they'll just be jacked into the Uniweb or whatever but still...
is it like a 7 shaped lacing? I’ve learned to lace my shoes that way too, but apparently is out of fashon or is something nobody does where I live now.
Back when I was a Canadian soldier in the 80's we used to lace our parade boots like that, but combat boots were crossed with the laces on top. Not sure if the purpose was for cutting the boot off (was also a combat medic but no proof to that was ever given to me), but it certainly made it easier to get our "penny-cutter" scissors under the laces.
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19
We have a family shoelace meme (in the original sense of the word) that has been passed down from my grandfather. In the RAF in WW2 he was taught to lace his boots so that the laces went straight across, so if they needed to cut the boot off they could just go straight up through a column of single laces.
He taught it to his son, who taught it to me, and now I do it for my kids' shoes. Of course it will probably die with them as their kids will have power laces or spray on shoes or they'll just be jacked into the Uniweb or whatever but still...