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2. Shoelaces - Wikipedia

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   The Armenian Areni-1 shoe, which has been dated to around 3500 BC, is a simple leather shoe with leather "shoelaces" passing through slotted "eyelets" cut into the hide. The more complex shoes worn by Ötzi the Iceman , who lived around 3300 BC, were bound with "shoelaces" made of lime bark string.

3. Shoelace knot - Wikipedia

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   Close-up of a shoelace knot. The shoelace knot, or bow knot, is commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow ties.. The shoelace knot is a doubly slipped reef knot formed by joining the ends of whatever is being tied with a half hitch, folding each of the exposed ends into a loop and joining the loops with a second half hitch.

4. Lock Laces - Wikipedia

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   The Lock Laces system consists of two elastic shoelaces that are fastened at the tongue of the shoe by two double-eyelet adjustable locking mechanisms and secured into place by two cord clips. Frank Sutton is the president and CEO of Positive Distribution LLC—which is the owner of the Lock Laces trademark, patent, and associated intellectual ...

5. Aglet - Wikipedia

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   Three different types of aglets: double-punched copper, plastic sheath, and inward fold brass. An aglet (/ ˈ æ ɡ l ə t / AG-lət) [1] or aiglet is a small sheath, often made of plastic or metal, attached at each end of a shoelace, a cord, or a drawstring. [2]

6. Self-tying shoes - Wikipedia

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   Once the shoes are on, the wearer presses their heel on the concealed disc linked to the laces by wires, and wearers can use a lever attached to the back of the shoe to release pressure and loosen the lace. In November 2014, the company started a kickstarter project to raise funds and sell the shoes. [14] [15]

7. Shoe - Wikipedia

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   The earliest known shoes are sagebrush bark sandals dating from approximately 7000 or 8000 BC, found in the Fort Rock Cave in the US state of Oregon in 1938. [5] The world's oldest leather shoe, made from a single piece of cowhide laced with a leather cord along seams at the front and back, was found in the Areni-1 cave complex in Armenia in 2008 and is believed to date to 3500 BC.