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It's a handy site, but it's worth noting that;

"Ian's Secure Knot" is just a rebranding of a knot that is also known as the "Berluti knot", "Tibetan Trekking Knot", "Sherpa Knot" or the "Double slip knot".

It's a great knot, the best way to tie your laces, but spin it as much as you like it's just a bow with a double twist on the second twist, and has existed since long before Ian or Berluti tried to claim it as their own.

>>pg_123+(OP)
It's worth noting that Ian is acknowledging that his not an the Tibetan Trekking Knot are the same (and also the double slit knot). He just says his is a different way of tying it.

And I second that it's the best knot for tying laces. Especially if you have synthetic laces (common on some trekking shoes) that come undone easily.

>>pg_123+(OP)
I use this knot all. the. time.

Wonder if there is a way to get the loops to stay sideways. With thick/stiff laces, they seem to end up orienting themselves up-and-down.

>>m463+8r1
Apparently you are making a "granny knot".

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.htm

>>throwa+WB1
Yeah, the proper knot shouldn't flip up like a granny knot. Granny knot is what I did in the decades until I stumbled across Ian's website. Granny knot would always come undone.

>>m463+8r1
You're making a granny knot. If you want the loops to stay sideways, you have to reverse directions between the first and second half of the knot. If you tie the first half left-over-right, then the second half has to be right-over-left.