Deck Shoe Laces

['Onest Andy]

Hello people,

 

I'm looking for some tips here. What method do you use to fit a new pair of laces to deck shoes I'm talking about the ones where the laces goes right around the back of the shoe through a series of eyelets.

 

I hate doing these at the best of times. My usual method is to skive off the end of the old lace and the new one and then I sew the two together using the old lace to pull the new one through.

 

However I now have a pair where the customer has decided to be really helpful and remove the old laces first.

 

I have tried sewing a piece of thed into the end of the lace then using my pather threader to pass it through the side of the shoe.. but each time I try to get the lace through the thread snaps...

 

I moved onto a piece of thread from my outsole stitcher... but still not enough strength to pull the lace through... any ideas gratefully received.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

[Lee]

if the customer has removed the laces I use a thick piece of wire like a coat hanger with polyester thread taped to the end then guide the thread through to the next hole where the lace comes out and bring out the thread.

then remove the wire re-tape the thread and move onto the next one etc.

 

once you have a strand of polyester thread or if the lace is still in place, again using polyester thread, doubled over a couple of times & long enough to go right round the shoe I put one small hole in the end of the old lace and through the new lace and tie them together then pull out the old lace, allowing the thinner polyester to replace it, and then work through the new lace. by using a longer piece of thread between the laces you reduce the resistance on the polyester which stops it breaking.

 

Lee

[StevenB]

Shoestring sell leather laces with a threading tool - it's a 3½mm diameter brass 'needle' which is 100mm long, with a threaded hole in the end. You simply screw the lace into this hole & hey presto, easy threading.

[Guest Raymate]

The shoestring threader is easy to use

alternatively if the old laces are still in skive the edges of old and new lace stick together and then pull old lace dragging new lace through

[hibsjo(SCO)]

Yeh, timberland threader is of a soft metal so you can bend it round the heel brilliant device.

[Hugh-Candoit (ENG)]

You can get the Timberland threader direct from Timberland Customer Service if you ask nicely, just tell them you are a customer, it worked for me. The head office is in Staines but I do not have the telephone number anymore.

You can make your own from a piece of alloy round bar from B&Q and drill a hole in the end (after cutting 3 or 4 inches off)3/32 drill bit or 7/64.

Pain in the bum doing it but at least it is an alternative.