Yesterday I found a nice pair of New Balance Trail Runners on deep discount at a local retailer. The shoes were nice but they had red laces, which I really didn’t care for. I bought them anyway; knowing I had some black paracord at the house that I could use to replace the laces. Never done it before? If you read my do it yourself article on how to make GoRuck style paracord zipper pulls, then you’ll have everything you need to do paracord shoelaces.
My New Balance Trail Runners – with and without the new Paracord Shoelaces
Here are a few tips:
1) Unless you want to change the length, use the old laces to measure off the paracord before you cut it.
2) If the eyelets are small, use a small punch to push through the cord. On these, I had to gut the paracord to thread it.
3) If you want to create your own “flugelbinders”, then melt each end of the cord with a lighter and then cut a short length of heat shrink tubing for each tip. Heating the tip of the tubing first will keep it on the cord, which will allow you to rotate the lace to apply heat evenly to the remaining portion.
Note: Put the laces on the shoes before you heat the tubing on the cord. You will not be able to pull the laces from the shoes without cutting off the tubing once you heat it!
There are lots of benefits. First, you can cut them to whatever length suits you. Paracord comes in lots of colors. If you have young children, you can have some fun together by creating colorful laces for their shoes. The laces are non-slip and if you can manage to use non-gutted cord, then you’ll have some short lengths of very strong cord with you at all times in the event of an emergency.
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