Making Aglets
Saturday, June 5, 2010
I make aglets by clamping the loose ends of the weave with... a clampy thing. Then I stick the clampy thing in the crook of my left knee. Holding the shoelace taut, I begin the bind while holding one end of the shoelace against the weave. My fingers are trained by practice, as opposed to logic, to create the bind. When I'm happy that the bind is long enough, I slip the end of the nylon thru the loop around the clamp... slide the loop off the clamp... use my thumbnail to create a skid... and pull the nylon into the center of the aglet.
Trim.
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