How to tie silk ties
How to tie silk ties
There are three main knots used to tie silk ties.
- The Four-in-Hand knot
- The half-Windsor knot
- The Windsor knot (also wrongly called the "double-Windsor"). The Windsor knot is the thickest knot of the four, since its tying has the most steps.
The Four-In-Hand knot is worn long and straight and is suited to a standard shirt collar.
1) Start with wide end of the tie on your left and extending a foot below narrow end. |
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2) Cross wide end over narrow and back underneath. |
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3) Continue around passing wide end across front of narrow once more. |
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4) Pass side end up through loop. |
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5) Holding front of knot loose with index finger, pass wide end down through loop in front. |
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6) Remove finger and tighten knot carefully. Draw up tight to collar by holding narrow end and sliding knot snug. |
The Half-Windsor knot is a medium symmetrical triangle and is suitable for standard shirt collars.
1) The wide end should extend about 12 inches below the narrow end. Cross the wide end over the narrow end. |
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2) Bring the wide end around and behind the narrow end. |
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3) Bring the wide end up. |
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4) Pull the wide end through the loop. |
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5) Bring the wide end around front, over the narrow end from right to left. |
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6) Again, bring the wide end up and through the loop. |
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7) Bring the wide end down through the knot in front. |
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8) Using both hands, tighten the knot carefully and draw it up to the collar. |
The Windsor knot is wide and triangular and suitable for wide spread shirt collars
1) The wide end should extend about 12 inches below the narrow end. Cross the wide end over the narrow end. |
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2) Bring the wide end up through the loop between the collar and your tie, then back down. |
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3) Pull the wide end underneath the narrow end and to the right, back through the loop and to the right again so that the wide end is inside out. |
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4) Bring the wide end across the front from right to left. |
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5) Pull the wide end up through the loop again. |
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6) Bring the wide end down through the knot in front. |
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7) Using both hands, tighten the knot carefully and draw it up to the collar. |
A good quality silk tie requires approximately 110 silkworm cocoons.
Around the whole world, the silk tie is considered to be the most popular father's day gift.
A person who collects ties is known as Grabatologist.
The silk necktie originated from a silk scarf that used to be worn by Croatian soldiers and it later came to be known as cravate.
The English developed neckwear so thick that they could even stop a sword thrust and merely touching a man's tie knot was a cause for a duel.
It is possible to buy a bulletproof tie that can even stop a 9mm bullet, although not from Silkworm.
Shih Huang Ti, the first Chinese emperor wore a tie as long ago as 210 B.C.