Eighteen choices in shoe lace knots
I'm liking my Cord-locks more than ever now!

db, you'll have to give your field test results after you get your BrownNoser/team player gift from MT


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For about the last week I have incorporated a daily 2 mile hike with my pack and bags into my workout regime. (Knee is doing fantastic but I digress)

Today I decided to run the OTB boots instead of my regular hiking boots. Might as well break them in a bit and see how they feel......... No break in required for me, they felt great. I am suspicious however, as to how they are going to hold up. I will probably bring some parachute cord just in case they fall apart.

It seems to me the cord locks are going to perform as ST advertised. The key being DD's admonition to tie a bow knot above them. They never came untied or loosened during todays hike. Usually I test something longer before proffering it in a positive light but today, along with DD's having run some 200 miles this way, is good enough for me.

You can omit the first step of crossing the laces BTW, this just makes them harder to untie. Just a simple bow or some other tie that is easily undone should suffice to keep the locks from creeping on the slick narrow laces of the OTB boots.

mastertangler wrote on Dec 25^th, 2010 at 9:40pm:


I thought I would update my results with the cordlocks. Super. Even with the slippery thin surface of the OTB boots they have yet to come untied. The trick as per DD's suggestion is to tie a simple bow above the lock omitting the first step of crossing the laces. This prevents the locks from loosening.

By cutting out the fresh baked bread and sugar I am down from 207 to 198 in a hurry. Today I felt, just for an instant mind you, some of the old swagger. How cool would that be to get just a little bit of that back!

Balance Grasshopper =good core workout

I read these water shoe threads with interest. I find too many reports of water shoes coming apart after only a few weeks of wet footing portages. For this reason I have held off buying anything and just drill holes in an old pair of work boots picked up at garage sales. Two years ago I drilled holes in a pair of Bates water proof 9 inch boots. They have now survived two 30 day canoe trips with many extra miles of searching out portage options in the back-country of Woodland Caribou PP. A close inspection shows that the inside fabric has no tears and the soles and outer components show no deterioration. This is the boot I seem to have. Mine are tagged as waterproof and in the description of these boots it mentions waterproof and not just water resistant as the name implies. Mine are 9 inches and that makes it a little hard to slip in and out of. The traction and ankle support are fantastic.  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)