Looks like I gonna get thru life without learning to make a proper tie

Masala

How many Boardsies can make a proper necktie with a proper smooth knot finish????

I can do a simple tie up but end up with a crease under the knot. I getting bye personally but was asked recently to make the tie for a Groom on the morning of his wedding and I had to admit that my effort would be noticed in photos etc as a botch job - so I had to admit that I didn't know how to make a proper knot for a tie!!!

To be honest.... I feel bad in myself for this lack of knowledge of a most basic 'man- thing'!! By the I first came to need a tie - I had left home and had no one to teach me!!! And now am too old and embarrassed to ask someone to show me now!!!

The Specialist

Shorten one side, cross the other over till it folds around once, loop the long end through the back and up over the front and slide through the front of the knot section. Tighten as needed using the front strap while holding the knot with the other hand.

Peregrine

Google it. You don't have to ask anyone!

I've probably known since I was in primary or secondary school. I haven't had to tie one in years though.

dresden8

The Specialist wrote: »

Shorten one side, cross the other over till it folds around once, loop the long end through the back and up over the front and slide through the front of the knot section. Tighten as needed using the front strap while holding the knot with the other hand.

I just read "blah blah blah blah hand"

buried

The Specialist wrote: »

Shorten one side, cross the other over till it folds around once, loop the long end through the back and up over the front and slide through the front of the knot section. Tighten as needed using the front strap while holding the knot with the other hand.

Sounds like what the young lads of today be asking for in the barbershop

L'prof

Masala wrote: »

How many Boardsies can make a proper necktie with a proper smooth knot finish????

I can do a simple tie up but end up with a crease under the knot. I getting bye personally but was asked recently to make the tie for a Groom on the morning of his wedding and I had to admit that my effort would be noticed in photos etc as a botch job - so I had to admit that I didn't know how to make a proper knot for a tie!!!

To be honest.... I feel bad in myself for this lack of knowledge of a most basic 'man- thing'!! By the I first came to need a tie - I had left home and had no one to teach me!!! And now am too old and embarrassed to ask someone to show me now!!!

I can tie a tie but the knot is never visually appealing. For my wedding I had started googling videos to show me how to tie a double Windsor but in the end the suit hire shop had tied and loosened them all for us. My standard knot will do for all other occasions

Pinch Flat

Learned how to a do a Windsor knot while living in London years ago - I honestly can't tie one any other way.

http://www.tie-a-tie-guides.com/windsor-knot/

Masala

L'prof wrote: »

I can tie a tie but the knot is never visually appealing. For my wedding I had started googling videos to show me how to tie a double Windsor but in the end the suit hire shop had tied and loosened them all for us. My standard knot will do for all other occasions

Same here.

Must google it and see if I can get a handle on it. Gonna make it a New Year Resolution!!!!

The Specialist

dresden8 wrote: »

I just read "blah blah blah blah hand"

Apply directly to the forehead

KungPao

I hate those elastic ties that some schools have. Ffs, its a skill to learn.

I can do a decent one, but it sometimes takes a few attempts to get the length just right.

Sugar Free

I can tie a tie properly and make the knot neat and visually appealing for four of the more common knot variations. It's all about the dimple!

The vast majority of men I see are incapable of tying a knot properly or worse, they leave the top button of their shirt undone and reef the knot up. The awful looking collar spread always gives it away though.

frag420

Sugar Free wrote: »

I can tie a tie properly and make the knot neat and visually appealing for four of the more common knot variations. It's all about the dimple!

The vast majority of men I see are incapable of tying a knot properly or worse, they leave the top button of their shirt undone and reef the knot up. The awful looking collar spread always gives it away though.

oh the shame....

Sugar Free

frag420 wrote: »

oh the shame....

I don't consider it shameful but there's nothing wrong with a bit of attention to detail. Particularly if the event that requires a tie in the first place is something that's important to the people involved, such as weddings, funerals, interviews etc.

Cervantes2

I'm not wearing a tie at all!

Fleawuss

Clever,OP, clever. Those of us who can tie a tie know that what you call a crease is in fact a dimple and the sign of the true tie meister

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Oneo f htose thigns that peopel think is an essential lifeskill but really... isn't

Masala

Fleawuss wrote: »

Clever,OP, clever. Those of us who can tie a tie know that what you call a crease is in fact a dimple and the sign of the true tie meister

Now I never knew that.... I actually end up with a cool 'dimple' then!! My main problem is the knot slipping meaning my tie is then crooked and off centre - which I only spot after visiting the bathroom!!

biko

I was taught to do it by older relatives a long time ago.
Suggest you check on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0NPYZyI7V8

Fleawuss

Masala wrote: »

Now I never knew that.... I actually end up with a cool 'dimple' then!! My main problem is the knot slipping meaning my tie is then crooked and off centre - which I only spot after visiting the bathroom!!

You need a symmetrical knot. Depending on shirt collar style and tie width and quality go Windsor or half Windsor.

Barry Badrinath

Yup, Windsor or half Windsor all the way.

None of this 80's piano keys tie bollox.

_Jamie_

One of my friends is 34 and still can't tie a tie. He went off for a brace of interviews in London after graduating and his father prepared a few pre-knotted ties for him to pack in his suitcase for them.

Fleawuss

_Jamie_ wrote: »

One of my friends is 34 and still can't tie a tie. He went off for a brace of interviews in London after graduating and his father prepared a few pre-knotted ties for him to pack in his suitcase for them.

Boot. In. The. Arse.

_Jamie_

Fleawuss wrote: »

Boot. In. The. Arse.

I totally agree. It's a basic man skill.

Capt'n Midnight

Fond memories of Homer teaching Bart how to put a tie on.