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Epic shoelace tying
2008-05-29, 4:34 PM #1
Fastest shoelace knot in the world.

Mind = blown
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-05-29, 4:57 PM #2
*takes an extra minute to figure it out lefty
$do || ! $do ; try
try: command not found
Ye Olde Galactic Empire Mission Editor (X-wing, TIE, XvT/BoP, XWA)
2008-05-29, 5:11 PM #3
Don't get me wrong, this is actually pretty awesome....but did you google for how to tie your shoes or something?

EDIT: I actually did it. It's not too bad, and once I get it down, it's probably cut my time down a lot. Right now it takes me 4 seconds. But the shoe its self seems like it can become untied easily
2008-05-29, 5:30 PM #4
Wait, so the person who owns the site named the knot after him?

I bet Ian Fieggen is an interesting fellow in real life but he comes across as the most boring person on the internet.

edit: I'll take that back. He isn't.
SnailIracing:n(500tpostshpereline)pants
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2008-05-29, 6:52 PM #5
bump for best massassi thread in like 2 years
2008-05-29, 6:57 PM #6
Originally posted by Anovis:
Don't get me wrong, this is actually pretty awesome....but did you google for how to tie your shoes or something?

Haha, no, I found it with StumbleUpon.

Originally posted by Anovis:
But the shoe its self seems like it can become untied easily

It's the same as the standard knot (which I never used). You can make it quite secure by doubling it up. See the double Ian knot. There's also Ian's Secure knot and the Mega Ian knot.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-05-29, 7:05 PM #7
that's... a pretty aspergers naming scheme
2008-05-29, 7:24 PM #8
Thankfully, this technique causes less wear and tear on your shoe laces.
Sneaky sneaks. I'm actually a werewolf. Woof.
2008-05-29, 7:30 PM #9
I prefer my approach: cut the shoelaces and burn the ends, so you never have to tie 'em.
DO NOT WANT.
2008-05-29, 8:32 PM #10
thats just a square(or reef) knot

sailor types have been using that for about aprox forever

as in, oldest news ever posted.

o.0
2008-05-29, 8:41 PM #11
Yeah I don't think that you can name a knot after yourself if It's been in existence for hundreds and probably even thousands of years. Also I've tied my shoes like that for years. :eng101:
There...are...FOUR...lights!
2008-05-29, 9:21 PM #12
What's awesome is that he has a reef knot on the site too.
DO NOT WANT.
2008-05-29, 9:32 PM #13
I know of 4 ways to tie a bowline, one of which i made up myself.. they're all still bowlines. variations on tying knots don't deserve new names.

o.0
2008-05-29, 9:33 PM #14
Originally posted by Greenboy:
thats just a square(or reef) knot

It's not a reef knot. It has an additional loop in it that allows the knot to be easily pulled apart. You would never use this for binding like you do a reef knot. It would come apart before the end of your day.

Originally posted by Greenboy:
sailor types have been using that for about aprox forever

In what way? A reef knot is a binding knot, it should never be used for anything else. Many deaths have been of the result of using reef knots improperly. It sounds to me like you're pulling things out of your *** in attempt to sound smart, sir.

Originally posted by Greenboy:
as in, oldest news ever posted.

The news isn't the knot, but how to tie it.

:colbert:
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-05-29, 9:46 PM #15
Its a slipped reef knot. Which is still a reef knot. Reef knots are used primarily to reef sails(hence the name). This is a safe and proper use or them. Its also not a particularly amazing way to tie the knot.

also, slip on shoes are the way to go

o.0
2008-05-29, 9:52 PM #16
Wow, I just got destroyed pretty good right there. :saddowns:
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-05-29, 9:56 PM #17
i've had a traditional boating class for all of highschool

i know my knots

i also tie my boots with a normal square knot, no slips. Using tarred seine twine for laces no less. And I untie it by jamming a marlinspike in the middle.

:colbert:

o.0
2008-05-29, 11:26 PM #18
I tie my boots with rivets and solder and untie them using a shotgun.
2008-05-29, 11:29 PM #19
oh

damn

o.0
2008-05-30, 1:18 AM #20
also, square knot related failure

[http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL1913/10058894/19450120/312627285.jpg]

o.0
2008-05-30, 1:38 AM #21
Originally posted by Jon`C:
I tie my boots with rivets and solder and untie them using a shotgun.


Mine are full penetration butt welded together and are taken off with land mines.

(or more accurately my shoes are slips-ons)
2008-05-30, 7:24 AM #22
Originally posted by Greenboy:
also, square knot related failure

[http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL1913/10058894/19450120/312627285.jpg]


Uh, that is not a failure. Looks like a success to me.
Last edited by mb; today at 10:55 AM.
2008-05-30, 7:50 AM #23
Nope a proper square know looks like this
Attachment: 19449/592px-Square_knot.svg.png (15,746 bytes)
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2008-05-30, 8:05 AM #24
It's like going to boy scouts and seeing all the leaders fighting about the knot tying competition.
Sneaky sneaks. I'm actually a werewolf. Woof.
2008-05-30, 8:54 AM #25
Hahaha, knot typing in boy scouts.

badum ching
2008-05-30, 11:02 AM #26
Originally posted by Greenboy:
Its a slipped reef knot. Which is still a reef knot. Reef knots are used primarily to reef sails(hence the name). This is a safe and proper use or them. Its also not a particularly amazing way to tie the knot.

also, slip on shoes are the way to go


Knotboys! :argh: "particularly amazing" is a subjective view -- for those of us not knotmasters, it seemed like a novel and potentially useful knot-tying method. Why do you have to rain on that parade?
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2008-05-30, 11:13 AM #27
great, now i can save a whole 2 minutes during my entire life. too bad it takes about as long to learn.
2008-05-30, 11:24 AM #28
but it saves wear on the shoelaces!

even though shoelaces last longer than shoes do unless you have no nerve endings in your back
2008-05-30, 11:33 AM #29
I find the above post to be amusing, for multiple reasons.
2008-05-30, 11:34 AM #30
the nature of what
2008-05-30, 11:36 AM #31
Originally posted by Fraggerbabe69:
Hi.
I never was in boy scouts, but i was in girl scouts. We did knots there too. I was pretty good at it. I wish i could still be in girl scouts. Maybe i am too old to join them again. :)

-Jenny, who enjoys the nature


:awesome:
nope.
2008-05-30, 12:24 PM #32


this is fast knots

thats ransom&jeff racing my exgirlfriend at the end

EPIC MOMENT

o.0
2008-05-30, 12:29 PM #33
I don't know which one of you is posting via clone, but stop deleting the posts (it is apparently a moderator).
2008-05-30, 12:32 PM #34
I wish I was cool enough to go to a knot tying competition .(

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