Half Windsor

When I was in my 20s and a newly-minted architectural graduate, this was my favorite knot. It had the benefit of creating a smallish knot while using more tie fabric than the Four In Hand (important for a person with a relatively thin neck who prefers a slightly longer rise in his trousers). The Knize replaced it as my knot of choice only because it delivered a slightly larger knot of more interesting character.

Four In Hand

I learned to tie the classic four in hand knot in college when I was discovering a burgeoning interest in clothes. I almost never use the four in hand now because I prefer wider spread shirt collars that favor slightly larger knots.

Windsor

This is the first knot that I learned to tie.My father taught me how to tie this knot when I was a boy and for a long time, I thought that this was the only way to knot a tie. It was not until college that I learned that there were other, simpler ways to knot a tie that were intended to yield different knot sizes and knot character. Today, for me the choice of knot is a function of shirt collar, tie length, occasion, and even the rise of one's trousers.

Knize

My current favorite tie knot after discovering it in an article about Mark Cho of the Armoury. It creates a beautiful asymetrical knot that's slightly larger than a the Half Windsor.

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