The Knots Thread

@superrific I am avocationally interested in this subject.

Is it possible the necktie knot you tie is the Shelby/Pratt knot? This is a very close knot with identical beginning steps but differs at the end.

If you don't use the Pratt/Shelby Knot then can you spot the one you do use in this list of 50 different (Swedish) ways to tie a tie?

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Gentlemen of Sweden

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This isn't a game of gotcha. I'm genuinely curious if you use this precise knot.
 
Ddseddse said:
@superrific I am avocationally interested in this subject.

Is it possible the necktie knot you tie is the Shelby/Pratt knot? This is a very close knot with identical beginning steps but differs at the end.

If you don't use the Pratt/Shelby Knot then can you spot the one you do use in this list of 50 different (Swedish) ways to tie a tie?

gentlemenofsweden.se

Gentlemen of Sweden

gentlemenofsweden.se gentlemenofsweden.se

This isn't a game of gotcha. I'm genuinely curious if you use this precise knot.
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It's not the Pratt. I don't know what it's called. I saw it on a youtube video like 20 years ago or something like that.

Looking at the images, maybe a Prince Albert? I'd have to think more when I have time.
 


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If that interests you then watch this...

 
I enjoy knots, I find then subtle and insidious and brain breaking. There are left handed and right handed versions of knots that in some respects are the same knot and in other respects different knots (the simplest example is when you tie two consecutive overhand knots of the same handedness you get a granny knot, but if you tie two consecutive overhand knots of opposite handedness you get a square or reef knot - note in both cases the constituent knot, the overhand knot is the precise same knot, but the handedness controls the composite result). The study of knots is closely tied to topology and math (sadly, I know nothing about the topology or math of knots, maybe someday I'll dig into that).
 
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And in both Super's and my defense, the question of "Is this the same knot?" isn't always trivial.

Which is one of the reasons r/knots exists.
 
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