Strap for gripping an object

A method of removing a blade slidably mounted and glued within a shaft of a hockey stick, said method comprising:

• providing a strap comprising a first loop having an anchored end connected to a first slide aperture and a constricting end slidably extending through the first slide aperture for constricting the first loop when the constricting end of the first loop is pulled away from the first slide aperture;
• a second loop having an anchored end connected to a second slide aperture and a constricting end slidably extending through the second slide aperture for constricting the second loop when the constricting end of the second loop is pulled away from the second slide aperture;
• the first slide aperture and the second slide aperture being connected in fixed position relative to one another;
• the constricting end of the first loop being anchored to the second loop;
• inserting the blade through the first and second loops respectively;
• heating the glue between the blade and the shaft;
• and
• pulling the constricting end of the second loop away from the shaft so as to constrict the second loop about the blade thereby pulling on the constricting end of the first loop to simultaneously constrict the first loop about the blade.