Editing Aglet (section)

==History==
Aglets were originally made of metal, glass, or stone,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-an-aglet|title=What Is an Aglet?|work=Wonderopolis.org|access-date=2017-07-28|language=en}}</ref> and many were very ornamental. Wealthy people in the [[Ancient Rome|Roman era]] would have their aglets made out of precious metals such as brass or silver. 

Before the invention of [[Button (clothing)|button]]s, they were used on the ends of the [[ribbon]]s used to fasten clothing together. Sometimes they were formed into small figures. [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] calls this type of figure an "aglet baby" in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''.

According to ''Huffington Post'' editor James Cave, "The history of the aglet's evolution is a little knotty—many sources credit it as being popularized by an English inventor named Harvey Kennedy who is said to have earned $2.5 million off the modern shoelace in the 1790s."<ref name="JamesCave"/>

Today, the clear plastic aglets on the end of shoelaces are put there by special machines. The machines wrap plastic tape around the end of new shoelaces and use heat or chemicals to melt the plastic onto the shoelace and bond the plastic to itself.<ref name="JamesCave">{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-is-an-aglet_us_576838a6e4b015db1bca2a6d|title=Behold, the Aglet: That Thing on the End of Your Shoelace|last=Cave|first=James|date=2016-06-22|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref>