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Is it easy to do a tight Ian's Secure Knot? The only place I would need a more secure knot is when skiing and then I also need to tie the laces very tight. Keeping the laces tight while creating the loops seems slightly difficult.

>>birktj+(OP)
I'm not sure if it works in this context, but I tie a knot equivalent to Ian's Secure Knot, asymmetrically.

I use the standard "bunny goes around the tree" methodology, except I go around twice before pulling the loop through both.

It might be easier for your use case, because you can hold the knot with one hand while sending the bunny around the tree with the other.

>>birktj+(OP)
I'm a figure skater. I tie my regular shoes with Ian's secure knot. My skating boots are tied with more regular knots however. Ski shoes would be very similar.

Ian's secure knot doesn't really make sense on such long laces anyway, and making it tight is not very easy because you can't pull to tighten further like you normally would.

The main advantage of Ian's secure knot is that it doesn't come loose over time. But you won't have that problem in ski or skating shoes because you will be redoing much more of the lacing every single time you put them on; a much tighter one at that. So the few hours you'll have your boots on shouldn't make a difference, and if it does, there's something else off in your lacing technique.

>>saalwe+Nb
That's called the Better Bow on the site.

It's the one I use with my paracord laces.

Never comes undone.