If you're rough on your shoes then you've likely destroyed your share of laces by cracking the plastic around the tip and causing it to fray. Once this happens it's a pain to rethread the lace.

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Navigating the workshop of Jim’s Shoe Doctor is a hazard for the inexperienced. Strips of leather and spare soles stack up next to imposing machinery and scraps on the floor. Mike Summers barely even ...