How to Tie Workboot Laces so they STAY Tied 

I have less and less time it seems, and find that I am not watching a lot of the videos from channels to which I’ve subscribed. I ALWAYS watch yours. Always useful information, my kind of humor, and not a lot of “filler” material. I didn’t know this method of boot tying, it’s a little thing, but it’s AWESOME!!! THANKS!!! Brent

I'm in the military. I have no time to even think, let alone tie my laces. Thanks for the tips!

I will have to try this method. Great video sir!

On its surface this video would seem silly, but anyone and everyone who has worn a set of boots understands this very issue... Great video!

Thanks for the tip Matt. I have been using a variation of that knot for 5 years that was shown to me by a lady REI employee in their shoe dept in Nevada while on vacation. The variation is this: instead of putting the right or left loop through just once as we have all been taught, put the same selected loop over and through the hole a second time and snug it up. This knot has never failed holding and before using it my laces were always coming untied. I think in essence that is what exactly your knot does by looping the right, then the left through the hole forming, in essence, a double loop. Great tip. Cheers, Michael O’Brien

Thank you sir! I just started wearing boots recently and them coming untied has been my biggest problem.

Matt...I can just visualize you wearing your Carolina Boots while making your Sketchup Video's! Which if you folks haven't seen yet are a must see! I just can't say enough about how very very well done they are.

Have to say, this tie is exactly what I needed. Probably saved me from a nasty trip. Thanks!

And suddenly I don't hate my new Timberlands anymore.....god bless you good sir, I needed that!

You sir are one of my favorite channels.

I tied my boots today with your idea, WOW never came loose all day. First time ever they stayed tied and tight all day...

Being forced to be a “double-knotter “ I’m more than happy with your honest approach and I finally learn how to do these damn laces!! Your editing skills are getting better too. Thanks

Good idea for a video and good information. I'm definitely going to try that brand and style of boot next time I'm in need.

I so appreciate this, thank you very much for sharing. This is really great!

what a life changing info, thank you!

Great video and great looking boots by the way.

I am going to look up Carolina boots to see if they come in a size 15 wide. I have been wearing Red Wings for twenty years now and would like to try something different.

Fantastic! Now I'll have to practice it

I always preferred a wedge crape sole on a slip on high-top boot when working the rugged stuff, If I was trimming or cabinet work a low top leather tennis shoe. Now if I was finishing drywall and wearing my stilts I would wear the boots. That's the way I done it for 40 years

Do they make a waterproof version of this boot?

Sir .. GOD bless you .. thank you

Thank you sir!

thank you very much

Ohhh my God thank you!

Ok love the olfactory output line 😂

I always used to like Redwings

Pizza? AND a movie?!

It's hard to believe i have been tying my boots wrong this whole time.

Basically a square knot ? Right. Nice

I'll never own another brand of boot. I've been wearing them since 2012. Any other boot wouldn't last a year for me and still have the original pair as a back up since work pays for them.

I've been tying shoes just like that for almost 30 years. Not once have they come untied before I untied them.

He look like Peter Griffin's father in law.. right ;p?! Thumbs up for the video. Before I'd ask a neighbor to tie my shoes and wear them a whole week straight. That's a thing of the past now!

So it's basically a reef knot with shanks (bows) to allow quick untying... very cunning indeed, sir!

Kinda looks like a half hitch square knot?

Red Wing braided taslan laces don't really come undone.

71 now boots laces r a thing of the past now...life ..I soon will be a thing of past...all my boots will b death of a salesman..no death of scrooge..toys for tots.

At the risk of sounding like a negative nanny, someone showed you how to tie your shoes the first time using a granny knot (right over left, right over left) if you do a “square knot” (right over left, left over right or vice-versa) then you don’t have to do your extra step 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

Wow, thank you sir. I’ve spent 3 decades of my life doing it one way and just learned something new. My Lowa hiking boots never stayed tight until now. Great video.

first, cross the laces left over right tuck, the left lace under the right, try doing it twice or a second time, you will find out this holds the tie in place, and take up slack these next two steps make all the difference cross the laces a second time going right over left this time to form a loop now poke a bend of the right lace down through the loop next to the same with the left lace but poke the bend up through the loop now you should have to rabbit ears poked through the loop simply pull on the rabbit ears and tell the knot is tight and you're good to go!!! I copied pasted the transcript so I could add my own suggestion.

Thank you for this video. I work with horses and my laces love coming undone while I'm in the stalls or leading them out/in. Because of them frequently coming undone my foot would move around inside more than it should and I would get corns and calluses on top of destroying a few pairs from the inside out. I finally had enough and searched for how to tie work boots and this was the first thing that caught my eye. Just a few hours later and they're as tight as I originally tied them whereas I probably would have had to re-tie them at least once or twice by now.

This was super useful for me, as a 25 year old man, thank you. I've always felt insecure about tying my shoes, I only started wearing laces at 12 years of age, and often my parents would still end up tying them for me (I probably had some fine motor deficiencies). People often pointed out that my laces came undone and viewed it as evidence of incompetence. Although I would come to adopt the double knot, I hated it because it is too much of a battle to untie; moreover, I just felt like it was a lazy method to prevent a knot from untying itself. Thank you so much for spreading this knowledge, it has been very helpful; tying and untying my winter boots is much easier and enjoyable than before.

Hi Matt. I thought I was the only person OCD enough to research how to tie shoes or do a video on it. But here’s what I found. One, if you finish tieing and the laces are going north south not east west they are more likely to untie. Two, if you wrap the laces right over left and right over left before you do anything fancy, you’ve got a great chance of staying tied (as long as you don’t end up north south). It turns out that the only thing that matters is how much friction you create with the laces. It looks like you have a lot of friction in your knot. I love your videos because of all the details you include. Do most of your tips and details come from your own experience or do you find yourself passing on knowledge from others you’ve learned from? Either way keep up the good work.

just a small add-on people may find helps, take the "rabbit ears" and snag them under the top three catches, you know the ones I mean, that way no loops to get caught on anything and snag your foot. Tip from an auto worker and it has saved me a few times I would say. Cheers Matt

When I reach the age of 62, I finally learned how to tie my shoes! I learned to stop tying my shoes with a 'granny' knot and started using a square knot. Solved my problem of them untying themselves. Just had to reverse the first overhand portion of my routine. Interesting topic and nice tips on why you love your Carolinas. Thanks for the video, Matt!

I am definitely gonna try this method I have come to be very particular about my boots and fit. I grew up wearing a size to big till about 4 yrs ago I am 28 yrs old. I've done logging, worked in machine shops, mechanics, worked as a carpenter, roofing, and a great fitting pair of boots are key to these jobs esp if you wear them even when you're not working. But the tieing has been a big issue for me. When u loop to make the bunny ears the laces always loosen on me and creates a loose tie no matter how hard I've tire this would happen. I have even snapped laces in half trying to keep them tight it is very frustrating at times. Thank you for sharing your technique

Heck, I just wished I had enough life expectancy left to try a new pair of work boots - if I did, I would buy a pair of those Carolina boots via your link - maybe I will forward your link to the Grim Reaper since he is probably wearing out his work boots trying to find me - so far, I am a boot step ahead of him! Hahaha!

I like your boots

After all these years I’ve been tying my shoes wrong!!! Who would have “thunk it”!! Good tip Matt, thanks, I’ll give it a try if my laces are long enough.

I love to learn to do, and not to do, things. I love the video and I hope other people watch this video to learn a new better way to tie shoes.

cant thank you enough for this! just got some new boots and i was completely lost on how to tie them around those three open hooks on top 😂

Matt...IMHO every Tradsperson out there should have Sketchup in their Toolbox along with your series of Sketchup Tutorials. I have scoured RU-vid for Sketchup Tutorials and found yours to be the BEST! Not a bunch of "Yack, Yack, Yack...Look at Me...I'm so Smart!" The Flow is Perfect, to the Point and On-Topic every Video. Your Shetchup Video's made me Proficient without much effort in Googles Free CAD Program: Sketchup :)

Great video! I’ve been doing the very dame method for a while… …about 5 minutes. After watching your video.

Holy Crap, you are psychic - just today I had to stop to re-tie my work boots a couple of time while cussing the round shoelaces that never stay tight. Had no idea that tonight some master carpenter would teach me how to tie my shoes. My mom would be proud of you! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks - you just did, Matt.

I tried this on my boots and it put a knot in my boot, and I couldn’t get it out for a month

It is too easy to "sell" a product you love. I feel I'm being "blitzed" with all the work Carolina are doing within the maker community! It's hard not to consider these as something to consider when I next visit the USA. Thanks and cheers, David

Nice, I like the Danner Bull Run Cristy 6'' work boot and the best part is they are recraftable.

Tied one boot like this the other my usual way. I’ll walk around all day and see.

Imma give you a follow, I didn't do it exactly right but pretty sure they are gonna stay tied. Thanks for the video.

Watched this because I was bored but turns out I didnt know how to tie my boots hahah

Good to know. I would add that leather laces solve this problem almost by themselves, at least they did for me. No knots, no special tying, just thick, burly leather laces. Works like a charm.

I'll give this a try. Currently I wear front-lace side-zipper boots. I tie them about 4 times a year with an ugly tripple knot when they come loose. Next time they come loose I know how I'm gonna tie them. I like the boots you featured and I'm even considering them, but I'm spoiled with the zipper right now. Especially for my work it's practical to have a boot I can take off so easily when I go inside a nice house from nasty weather and forgot my boot covers or take on and off in the dead of winter with bulky gloves on. Plus the pairs I have worn have been extended well up the leg for great ankle support, I haven't rolled an ankle EVER with these style of boots on (which is impressive believe me)

carolinas are great! Ive been in them for the last 3 years! probably wont ever leave them. They last me longer than red wing, irish setter, and other high end brands and they are usually even (not much) a little bit cheaper than an irish setter or redwing. i get a 6 inch carolina with com toe and its got the skirt or aprin whatever you would call it down above the toe. Great Boot! Great recommendation

These are no where to be found at my local boot stores, but then again I’m in California...I’m not surprised. They’re probably on the Ca DOJ’s boot roster.

Is a size 14 in the USA & CANADA the same as a size 14 in the UK? Nice boots Matt, nice video. Now I can be different at tying my laces from all the know how's lol ☺

Im an ironworker and wear the same soft toe boots just in the 8” best most comfortable boots I’ve ever worn outlast redwing and thorogoods and much less expensive

You should get a pair of Nicks boots. You’ll have them for the rest of your life instead of having to buy the same boot every 5 years. I recommend the Traveller model.

Another good way to lace is to start tying the regular way but go around the loop twice. Never comes undone. I hope I explained that well enough.

I use a surgeons knot locking knot. It's the same knot used in securing parachutes. Think it won't hold?? Think of the necessity of parachute staying closed until you need it to open. The knot works on all of my shoes and boots.

Good news my boot won't come untied! Bad news it's because I have big knot I'll never get undone...lol

It's always good to learn something new everyday. Thanks for sharing

I first watched this video about a month ago and decided to try out Carolina boots. I ordered a wedge sole, 6 inch, but with the moc toe. Half-way through the first day I was convinced...best boot ever. Whatever they do to make that foot bed, I hope they never change it. Thanks.

Your Carolina's look like my favorite Redwings that I have been wearing for 30+ years. How good are those RedWings . . .I have only been through two pair and they have been resoled three times each . . . this video was helpful, I got a new pair of hunting boots that unlike my Redwings (or Danners for that matter) will not stay tied. Thanks

I'm glade this worked for people and you were able to help so many. I would like to point out that when you demonstrated how most people learned to tie there shoes you still tied the shoe wrong. You only needed to loop under the ear instead of over. I watched you tie a granny knot instead of a square knot. A large number of people tie there shoes wrong only because they tie a granny knot instead of a square knot. By doubling through the loop the way you do forces the knot to come out somewhat square.

My laces where so long I got them caught on a pallet and boom tripped backwards and landed on my back. Got home and cut them off

Nice boots but, I don't think they will make the clearance under 20$ table at Walmart where I have to shop.

Forgot to say - what a cool way to tie laces! I'm going to give it a shot! Thank you!

I almost didn’t watch the video when I saw the belt your wearing. Fortunately I still watched.

I wish you would have showed putting on the commercial work boots, I would of used it for a safety video.

You are now officially my hero FOREVER!! Off to show my husband how to properly tie his boots and shoes and hopefully I will never hear him cussing at them in his Marine Corp DI voice!

Thanks Matt... I just might pick up a pair

Please make a video on how to make the bench you olaced your booted foot on

Finish Carpentry TV recommended your channel. Love all your tips. This shoe lace knot is great, much better than double knotting my shoes. Thanks

I forget when I learned to tie shoelaces, but I'm guessing I've be doing it for about 65 years, so it's taken a few days of repeating the left over right mantra, and stopping myself forming a loop after the initial knot, but I've got the hang of it now. I just have to find a way to keep the first knot tight to the shoe while I fiddle with the loops!. You're right, they stay tied! However, sometimes I find that untying forms a knot - I suspect the end drops through the loop at some point in the day. Persevering...

this is similar to the "ian's secure" knot. I've been using it recently and it never unties! thanks.

Oh man, this is pure genius and a golden nugget of info to someone who is Continually having to re-tie laces. I have seen other methods on RU-vid to get the same knot, but this is by far the simplest and easiest to remember. Thanks so much.

This video has genuinely helped me so, so much more than I can ever express in a simple RU-vid comment. My parents are pretty terrible people and have never really been too involved in my life to put it lightly, I've pretty much had to raise myself since I was 5 roughly speaking. I had to teach myself everything because my parents didn't care enough to do so, I'm 23 now and I recently got a nice pair of boots for work (I like wearing boots mainly as I've never really seen the point of sneakers or gym shoes unless I'm quite literally at the gym) and I realized that I didn't actually know how to tie them because no one ever cared enough to teach me. I just tucked in my laces for the first few days, eventually I was going to hangout with a few of my friends one night and I actually had to get one of my friends (who's the same age as me by the way) to tie my boots for me because the laces kept popping out, it was a level of embarrassment that I had never felt before, and I simply refuse to ever feel that again if I can help it, so I decided that night that enough was enough, I came home and immediately found this video. Don't get me wrong, it was very frustrating at first, but eventually I got the hang of it, I actually taught myself how to tie with this video, or I suppose that I should say this wonderful man taught me how, thank you sir, thank you for giving me a bit of time when no one else would, and thank you for teaching me when I thought I couldn't learn, as I said before, I will never be able to thank you enough, but hopefully this message helps.

Second video I watched today that talked about Carolina Boots. Need to look into them as I have yet to find good comfortable boots for a good price.

I know this is an old video, but thank you! I am now trip free and they never come untied....I was doing it wrong the whole time....lol

i need to learn this strategy. my mountaineering boots keep untying on the peaks

Next time we go hiking, Matt, you'll see this method on my KEENs. Great video... on tying shoelaces, no less!! I hope to never grow too old to learn something new. 👍 👍 👍

I believe this is called the Berluti Knot, or at least it's similar. I tie my dress shoes with the Berluti knot but this way looks easier than the way I was doing it.

can you please untie my boots? ive been waiting for like 2 months.

I personally love my chippewa super loggers a bit on the expensive side but they are super comfortable, they've also saved my feet quite a few times

It took me a few tries but I got it. I can’t do mass produced boots anymore, feet are too narrow.

I use a square knot a lot and it never comes untied, but that becomes a problem when I need to get my boots off. I can't believe I've never thought of putting a loop through instead of the tail end to finish off the knot. Thanks for the tip.

I have watched a number of videos, showing parisian,Verlutti and who knows what.Some go too fast, others confuse. You are clear, keep it amusing but get the message across. I do hope Carolina let you keep the demo boots. In return for your ad (stretching here across the pond 4000 miles) a man deserves his pay. So, Thank You Sir.

This shoe method really works! Thanks man it's a very useful video.

I tried! It works! Thank you! 35 years I did such a simple thing wrong.....

Thank You! I have been working for a RR contractors for almost 20 years. My boots come untied often. It is challenging enough just to walk on the track ballast.

Really work like this method used it on my work shoes and boots they stayed tied all night thanks,