Favourite Tie Knot

Anyone seen with the Eldridge, Cape or Capsule knots needs to be arrested. Windsor, Half Windsor and Four-in-hand are the most elegant and suitable for work IMO. Nicky and Prat knots just look like poorly done Windsors.

Half Windsor. Spread collar.

Two for me

full windy - cutaway collar Pratt/Shelby - point collar - collar bar

Does anyone under age 50 wear point collars?

Half Windsor. Pretty simple and looks good with the collars I wear.

The worst knots I've seen are the ones that make the tie too short.

I usually go with the four-in-hand since it's the easiest to tie. Are some people really put off by this type of knot? I always make sure that the tie is tied appropriately long enough.

Windsor - Half windsor, it depends on the shirt's collar/tie. Usually the combo cuff + windsor has the edge

The Windsor knot is cheap and inelegant because of its symmetry,

As an obvious consequence, inelegant people regards it as the quintessential elegant knot.

Repent of your sins, guys.

First and foremost, the bowtie.

Next, the half windsor. Full windsor is too big; four-in-hand looks like you just don't care enough...

St Andrews is my favourite. It is easy and looks nice. Also a trinity knot but I only do that if I feel like taking thirty minutes to tie a tie.

Half-windsor is the only one that's basically always appropriate

Windsor, provided:

1. You tie it tightly so that it doesn't look to big
2. You wear it low so that the knot itself is comprised of the skinnier part of the tie, also so that it doesn't look to big.

Full is better than half - looks more robust. Also recomment shaping the knot into a triangular shape by pinching the bottom when tightening.

Very simple. Stick to the basic knots and pick the knot that best fits the collar of your shirt. I prefer wide spread collars, I stick to ties that are meant for a wider collar and use a full Windsor. For narrower collars, I use a half Windsor or a 4-in-hand. Keep it easy and simple. It makes things more manageable that way.

When I was in high school I thought the Eldridge and the Trinity were the shit, and the only the classiest of gentlemen knew of their existence. Just thinking of that makes me cringe so much.. Blunder years for sure.

I was at an LDP training last year and guy in another function (engineering, surprise surprise) wore an Eldridge or trinity knot every day of the training, when everyone else was business casual. Made the dude look like such a try-hard. Funny enough he turned out to be an actual try-hard, putting way too much effort into the team building activities and icebreakers and such. My best guess is that someone pulled a prank on him and told him "If you appear to be a leader at the ropes course, you will be tagged to enter into the promised land of unlimited promotions and bonuses to come."

After reading this I’m going to watch American Psycho.

I don't think you could go wrong with a half Windsor.