What knot do you use?

[MNlad]

For me, it's a half Windsor, and a Shelby for shorter ties. At least on me, a full Windsor just seems too bulky. However, I'm going to have to try that Eldridge. It has a real flair to it.

[unixken]

I like the full windsor. I agree the half looks asymmetrical.

[English Bloke]

Windsor knot for me, I like it's symmetry. I also think that Eldridge is interesting.

[Truitt]

http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~tmf20/tieknots.shtml

Recently I've started using the Christensen as a change-up from the Windsor.

[MacMillans son]

I like the full windsor. I agree the half looks asymmetrical.

As a Buchanan, I would think you'd be quite used to that.

[Jack Daw]

The Windsor is too big a knot for my tastes. I learned to tie a left-hander's variation on the half-Windsor, which I use each morning on my business ties.

[TheOfficialBren]

Windsor, 4-in-hand, and Onassis knots for me mostly.

[MacGumerait]

I grew up thinking there was only one knot and didn't know what it was called but I could tie it like a pro from about the age of 11 on. It was only fairly recently I discovered there is a whole world of tie knots and one I plan to try soon is the Eldridge:
Attachment 15485 I think that sucker just looks cool. I'm not sure if it requires a longer tie though - I'll have to experiment.

I also plan to start using bow ties on some occasions so I look forward to that.

I have a bad habit of thinking the ideas I learned in my youth are the only right way to do things and I've been trying to break myself of such narrow-mindedness. I think I'd have to see this skinny end tie configuration as I've never heard of it. Then I'd have to examine myself and work out if I don't like it because it looks funny to me or if it looks funny because I'm being narrow (end of the tie) minded again.

That's a cool looking knot . However , you may have to take an origami class in order to master it .

[Calgacus]

As a schoolboy I started out with the four-in-hand, but when I was about 10 my father taught me the Windsor and half-Windsor. I now use the half-Windsor as it seems to come out symmetrical for me, and the Windsor is a bit too bulky. I may try some of the others in this thread, I never knew there were so many ways. I like the Eldridge, though I suspect it only really works with plain ties.

If I'm wearing a bow tie, I always tie it myself and would never wear a clip-on.

For all this discussion of ties, I only own three. A black bow tie, a black neck tie for funerals, and a university neck tie for everything else.

[cck]

In general I let the style of the collar and the thickness of the tie material determine the type of knot. But most often I wear a bow tie and I only know one way to the bow.