By: FatherDagon
Maybe I'm getting old and cynical, but my first thought was "how is he going to eat with that on?" You really, REALLY don't want to know. Which is not to say that you won't find out.
View ArticleBy: tommasz
Maybe I'm getting old and cynical, but my first thought was "how is he going to eat with that on?" Written as I'm sitting in a hotel library in a suit and tie.
View ArticleBy: The Whelk
the Four-In-Hand is great when you need to quickly dress. Anything else requires me to stand in front a mirror and think.
View ArticleBy: arcticseal
Four-in-hand is a sure sign of sloppy thinking. Windsor or Half-Windsor are the only acceptable knots. To quote arcticseal Snr, "standards have to be maintained".
View ArticleBy: no mind
I'm gonna try to make that Crossbow knot work. The tricky part will be to get both ties in the same knot and not just one on top of the other. Heh. Tie chi.
View ArticleBy: Mental Wimp
Gentlemen (and ladies so inclined), you should be tying a four-in-hand knot unless you want to look ridiculous. That is all. Bah, the four-in-hand is for waitstaff and other people who don't care how...
View ArticleBy: robcorr
The four-in-hand is an abomination. I like the Nicky: simple, symmetrical, not too bulky.
View ArticleBy: Capt. Renault
Is the Pratt knot so I can look like a prat? Because I don't need help with that.
View ArticleBy: Sidhedevil
Fact: it takes a good grasp of Non-Euclidean geometry and skill with the strange lines and angles outside reality to tie a bow tie. It helps if you have your own TARDIS, I think.
View ArticleBy: kenko
Bah, the four-in-hand is for waitstaff and other people who don't care how their tie looks. QFT. I really dislike four-in-hand knots; asymmetrical, slight things, like a cross-eyed waif.
View ArticleBy: cavalier
Seriously, if you're gonna give a tie knot a different name, I expect it to look notably different Ahhh, you see, but it's not the APPEARANCE of the tie that gives it a new denomination.. it's the...
View ArticleBy: adipocere
Pffft. Already did this. My first attempt at a tie knot was quite rugose.
View ArticleBy: EmpressCallipygos
Okay -- you know how there's a tiny cliche'd sort of "difference between men and women" involving identifying colors, where the guy looks at three different shades of pink and says "they're all pink"...
View ArticleBy: New England Cultist
I wonder what the 'Innsmouth Knot' would look like. Do fish wear ties?
View ArticleBy: Decani
I judge men by their tie knots. Anyone who doesn't do the full Windsor is suspect. I may have to revise that to allow the full Cthulu, also.
View ArticleBy: electroboy
Bah, the four-in-hand is for waitstaff and other people who don't care how their tie looks. The half windsor is how a tie should be tied.
View ArticleBy: The Whelk
Fact: it takes a good grasp of Non-Euclidean geometry and skill with the strange lines and angles outside reality to tie a bow tie.
View ArticleBy: Scientist
Four-in-hands are good for skinny ties and for general everyday wear but for more formal occasions (weddings, funerals, interviews) something more symmetrical is in order. I like the pratt (or shelby –...
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