What knot do you use?

[knotty]

I usually tie a Windsor knot. I have seen some new fancy knots that are tied with the skinny end of the tie.
Does anyone any feeling about them? Good? Bad? Silly?

[HippieLee]

I grew up thinking there was only one knot and didn't know what it was called but I could tie it like a pro from about the age of 11 on. It was only fairly recently I discovered there is a whole world of tie knots and one I plan to try soon is the Eldridge:
52037-Eldredge-Tie-Knot--How-to-Tie-U6Fd.jpeg I think that sucker just looks cool. I'm not sure if it requires a longer tie though - I'll have to experiment.

I also plan to start using bow ties on some occasions so I look forward to that.

I have a bad habit of thinking the ideas I learned in my youth are the only right way to do things and I've been trying to break myself of such narrow-mindedness. I think I'd have to see this skinny end tie configuration as I've never heard of it. Then I'd have to examine myself and work out if I don't like it because it looks funny to me or if it looks funny because I'm being narrow (end of the tie) minded again.

[Chas]

I've always used a Windsor knot, for no other reason than this - I don't have to use a mirror and can tie it in the dark if I have to.

[knotty]

That knot is kewl.

[Grizzly]

Another vote for the Windsor knot. Classic and very tidy.

[Kalok Sundancer]

I use a knot called the "Shelby Knot" (also called the Pratt Knot) because I have a longer torso and it leaves the tie a bit longer. It has a nice triangular shape to it. For my torso, with a standard Windsor, the tie ends up being a little short, and I don't like the look of the half-Windsor as it looks asymmetrical to me.

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[brewerpaul]

For the few times I ever wear a tie I have a couple of apps on my Android phone to refer to. They both have about 8-10 regular tie knots and a few bow tie knots. In my job I never wear anything but scrubs so it is once in a blue moon when I have to remember how to put a noose around my neck.

[Tobus]

I used a Half-Windsor for about 30 years before I realised there was more than one way to tie a tie. And while these days I'll go back and forth between a Four-in-Hand, Half-Windsor, and Windsor, it's usually the Half-Windsor that I would tie without even thinking about it.

I don't like the look of the half-Windsor as it looks asymmetrical to me.

You must be doing it wrong. The Four-in-Hand is definitely asymmetrical, but the Half-Windsor looks nice and even, without all the bulk of a Windsor.

[plaid preacher]

The Windsor or half-Windsor is my go to knot, most of the time. That is how my father taught me. I have owned a couple of ties in my lifetime, however, for which the aforementioned knots just didn't work. This caused me to learn to tie the "four-in-hand" knot. All these are very traditional. Like Hippie Lee, I have seen that slightly more intricate knot and thought it might be a nice occasional knot - but more for show than everyday wear.

[StevieR]

Four in hand was the easy one when I was a school boy. My dad taught me the Windsor and half Windsor when I was thirteen or fourteen. For the last thirty years I can't remember using anything other than the half Windsor.