Timeline for What's the purpose of the sling on the heel of boots?
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| May 16, 2016 at 6:52 | comment | added | SpoonerNZ | @AM_Hawk I'd bet if you'd taken it back, Sportiva would have replaced them. | |
| May 12, 2016 at 16:22 | comment | added | AM_Hawk | @ErikvanDoren I've ripped one of those "tabs" right off a lasportiva trail runner lol | |
| May 12, 2016 at 10:04 | vote | accept | OddDeer | ||
| May 12, 2016 at 10:03 | history | edited | SpoonerNZ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added wikipedia reference
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| May 10, 2016 at 21:23 | comment | added | SQB | @JamesJenkins That should be part of the answer, or maybe even an answer in its own right. | |
| May 10, 2016 at 16:51 | comment | added | James Jenkins | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping "Tall boots may have a tab, loop or handle at the top known as a bootstrap, allowing one to use fingers or a boot hook tool to help pulling the boots on" | |
| May 10, 2016 at 16:30 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | It seems its still called bootstrap | |
| May 10, 2016 at 16:16 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | This is by no means only a feature of boots or hiking shoes. I've seen them on ordinary low-top sneakers as well. The pair I'm wearing right now in fact has them, and I wouldn't call them hiking or rock climbing shoes by any stretch. In this case I find them not very useful, as it's easy enough to get them on without them, but it does make sense with high-top sneakers or boots. | |
| May 10, 2016 at 13:46 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | In the old days some shoes used to have just a tab there to grab and pull. | |
| May 10, 2016 at 10:55 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | Absolutely - this is by far the most important use for me. Carrying and hanging up shoes is simple by using the laces, but when trying to pull them on, especially with cold fingers, can be impossible without these loops. | |
| May 10, 2016 at 10:33 | history | answered | SpoonerNZ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |