Which Knot for a tie??
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Double windsor is how your tie should be done 100% of the time.
http://www.ehow.com/how_15994_tie-double-windsor.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_15994_tie-double-windsor.html
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double windsor all the way smartest and tidyest also shows you take pride in how you present yourself.
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Steameh said:
2nd best.
I swear by the single Windsor. It's substantial but not pretentious.
http://www.keback.se/slipsknut.htm
edit:^ begone you double Windsor bufftys!
http://www.keback.se/slipsknut.htm
edit:^ begone you double Windsor bufftys!
, it could be my fat fingers and lack of tie tying experience though
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basic tie:
put tie around neck cross the two parts in front to make a v.
wrap the fat end around the v once.
take fat end up through the v and put under the the bit you wrapped around and pull tight.
half/single :
put tie around neck cross the two parts in front to make a v.
wrap fat end around one of the \ / of the v .
then proceed to like the basic
wrap the fat end around the v once.
take fat end up through the v and put under the the bit you wrapped around and pull tight.
full windsor/double windsor:
put tie around neck cross the two parts in front to make a v.
wrap fat end around one of the \ / of the v and the the other(you'll find it'll have a natural path so not hard to get right.
then proceed like the basic.
wrap the fat end around the v once.
take fat end up through the v and put under the the bit you wrapped around and pull tight.
put tie around neck cross the two parts in front to make a v.
wrap the fat end around the v once.
take fat end up through the v and put under the the bit you wrapped around and pull tight.
half/single :
put tie around neck cross the two parts in front to make a v.
wrap fat end around one of the \ / of the v .
then proceed to like the basic
wrap the fat end around the v once.
take fat end up through the v and put under the the bit you wrapped around and pull tight.
full windsor/double windsor:
put tie around neck cross the two parts in front to make a v.
wrap fat end around one of the \ / of the v and the the other(you'll find it'll have a natural path so not hard to get right.
then proceed like the basic.
wrap the fat end around the v once.
take fat end up through the v and put under the the bit you wrapped around and pull tight.
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Yeah, You have to keep it tight.
With some ties you can end up with a knot a few inches across.
Got mine just the way I want it for presentation evening on friday. Put the coin in the knot and a coin in the bottom.
With some ties you can end up with a knot a few inches across.
Got mine just the way I want it for presentation evening on friday. Put the coin in the knot and a coin in the bottom.
Tend to go for a double-windsor on the (rare) occasions I do wear a tie.
Whatever you do though, avoid fat knots and especially avoid fat knots teamed with the top button undone, unless you want to look like a 16 year old office junior, estate agent or call-centre monkey
Whatever you do though, avoid fat knots and especially avoid fat knots teamed with the top button undone, unless you want to look like a 16 year old office junior, estate agent or call-centre monkey
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Double Windsor is for Estate Agents and other wide boys. Single shows class.
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SoylentCola said:
A single shows that you can't tie a double IMO.
A double is more symmetrical.
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Full (double) windsor is the gentleman's way to wear a tie. And therefore the correct way.
'The Footballer' comes from either tying the tie so it's too short (like they did at school withthe little 1" ties) or from using a padded tie, which makes a Half Windsor look bigger, to tie a full Windsor.
The knot should be symmetrical and fill the space between the collar. Too fat and you'll look like a mobile phone salesman, too skinny and you'll look like a criminal.
'The Footballer' comes from either tying the tie so it's too short (like they did at school withthe little 1" ties) or from using a padded tie, which makes a Half Windsor look bigger, to tie a full Windsor.
The knot should be symmetrical and fill the space between the collar. Too fat and you'll look like a mobile phone salesman, too skinny and you'll look like a criminal.