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1st November 11, 08:54 AM
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Re: Tie knots - does it really matter?
 Originally Posted by Jock Scot
I have absolutely no idea what the tie knot I use is called, it might be a four in hand, but I really don't know. The one thing I do know, it is not a full Windsor knot. In my youth, the wearer of a Windsor knot was regarded with great suspicion by the older generation, I am not sure that applies these days though.
My late Grandpa (born 1906) told me it was seen as 'racy' and not quite respectable by those who disapproved of the Duke of Windsor and his friends.
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