Boot laces

[formenwhogrow]

Does anyone know of any brand of boot laces that are not total junk? Seems I only get about a month or 2 out of them. They break right at the lace holes.
 

[jbp]

The laces in Red Wing boots now last for the life of the boots. Dealers should stock those kind of laces, just can't say for sure. Joe
 

[dave2]

Make your own......


http://www.ebay.com/itm/550-Paracord-Mil-Spec-Type-III-7-strand-parachute-cord-Woodland-Camo-100-/271056785002?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1c3e4e6a
 

[d beatty]

When I get a new pair of lace up boots I replace the laces with leather laces. I treat the laces when get them and every time treat the the boots.I get 3 to 4 years out of leather laces and wear work boots six days week.
 

[showcrop]

I think that I get pretty good mileage out of boot laces, but it doesn't bother me much when I break one, because I keep the new ones in a drawer right next to where I sit while I put my boots on.
 

[rabbit]

What fries me is that round laces - they won"t stay tied. About all I can find in the storea anymore. Haven"t seen real leather ones for years. Last set of leather I had only lasted a few weeks before breaking - poorly made.
 

[d beatty]

I get the square cut leather laces . Find them in shoe repair shops and once in a while in Wal-Mart. To keep them tied I double knot them.
 

[rls_ia]

Wow, 500 ft, that would be a lifetime supply, I may buy some, I agree, laces these days are junk.
Bob
 

[Old Iowa]

Good laces are hard to find. I usually can get them at a real shoe store not the bargain basement type. Another thing to check. Does the eyelets have a burr around them??? I have a pair of Red wings that I was breaking the laces in often. The eyelets had a burr or sharp edge in it. It took a tapered pinch and rounded out the hole in the eyelet. The strings have been in those shoes over a year now.
 

[2x4]

do like the old pioneers; make a set out of a groundhog hide.
 

[36 Coupe]

You can buy shorter lenths of para cord.I have a 25 ft hank in my back pack.
 

[David G]

Red Wing, free laces for life.
 

[scotc]

I have a pair of Wolverine boots, the original laces lasted about 6 months, now I get about a month apiece. The laces actually wore the side of the eyelets out.
 

[RayP(MI)]

Shoe repair shop? What's that?

Last one of those I remember probably closed 50 years ago...
 

[d beatty]

We have alway had a shoe repair shop in our town and at one time several of them.The one we have now repairs shoes and any thing made of leather.