Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
And yet the big knot is known as the Windsor Knot...
Probably because George V changed the family name to Windsor (from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) on the outbreak of WWI. Not that it fooled anyone. They were still as German as sauerkraut. It was German Geordie's (er... sorry, HM King George V) son, the short in stature and short to reign, Edward VIII who popularized The Big Knot of which he was so fond. Rumour has it that he was so fond of his neck wear that upon abdicating he asked to be granted the title "Duke of Necktie". This was thought to be a bit frivolous, and he had to settle for "Duke of Windsor".

We die-hard fashion plates still refer to the knot as the S-C-G knot. Isn't that so, Rex?