(1) The simplest way to create an aglet is to wind two or three layers of adhesive tape around the end.(2) These function somewhat like the aglets on the ends of shoelaces that keep them from unraveling.(3) A random search by CFO magazine recently uncovered E-tail sites hawking pipe cleaners, arugula seeds, and aglets (those little plastic things on the ends of shoelaces).(4) The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets .(5) And that the ends of our shoelaces are called aglets .