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.
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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.
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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
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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.