About the name of the tip on the lace

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Have you often thought about how certain things are called, and why they were called that way? For example, you love sneakers and lace-up boots. Wear them happily every day. Before playing sports, tighten the laces more comfortably so that the foot in the shoe is securely fixed, and you feel comfortable and confident.

Oh, what is this?

Most likely, the procedure for tying shoelaces is done by you completely unconsciously, on the machine. This happens day after day, until one fine moment a small but very unpleasant situation happens: the contraption that helps to thread the shoelaces into the holes intended for them is destroyed, or simply flies off the tip of the shoelace and is lost.

From now on, the lacing of your favorite and irreplaceable pair of shoes becomes a game of nerves. A frayed lace does not want to "climb" into the hole intended for it. And you, quietly swearing and unsuccessfully poking a bare cord into the hole, start to wonder, what kind of contraption is this? What is the name of the tip on the lace? This is indeedbrilliant invention.

Just today we'll talk about it

History is still not taken to say with accuracy who became that brilliant man who gave mankind shoelaces. Russians in ancient times began to use something similar - long ropes made of bast or wool, and if you are very lucky, then leather. Such devices fixed bast shoes on their feet. From the fact that the leg was wrapped with such cords, sometimes almost to the knees, as if braiding it, the name was given to these ropes - braid.

Supposedly already in the 13th century, these details for shoelaces were invented. They fixed the ends of the lace and did not allow them to fray and unravel. It turned out that lacing shoes with such things happened faster and without unnecessary nervous experiences.

It is a well-known fact that Christopher Columbus made good money selling shoelace tips. The natives liked the shiny things so much that they carried gold instead. And the laces and their tips were used in their villages as an expensive and very beautiful decoration. And they didn't care what the tip of the lace was called.

Correct name

Workers in the shoelace industry claim that the correct name for this piece is aglet. Eglets are needed for laces to secure their endings. Braided items pinched with such elements will lace up quickly and last a long time.

Eglets can be not only metal, although they are the strongest andconvenient to use. Aglets are also made of plastic. Plastic products break, crack and get lost much faster. Usually such a nuisance happens with cheap shoes. After all, accordingly, the laces in it (and aglets) are not of the best quality. If your aglets have flown off, then home-made ones will come to the rescue: from paraffin, adhesive tape. You can also correct the situation by melting the ends of the laces.