Here we see...what echo does to his shoes... An assembly of steel plates, wires, and springs have replaced where the shoe laces once were, and held closed with a metal push release clasp, i also bolted a steel plate (bending those things? not easy) into the tongues...chiefly to cover up the accursed brand logo.

Not done yet, they still resemble the original too much. Also, my collar there in the background, made of wire and stuff, weighs a ton, but its mine ^.^