Hey! I'm Kyle Ingham from The Distilled Man.
Up next I'm gonna show you how to tie the big papa of all tie knots,
the Double Windsor.
Now compared to regular a tie knot,
the 4-in-hand knot, that you might be familiar with,
the Double Windsor,
also known as the Full Windsor,
is a larger, more triangular shaped and more symmetrical knot.
And it really is big, really has a lot of presence.
And in my opinion it's, I sort of think of it as kind of a presidential knot.
You a lot of times see dignitaries and presidents
with these huge Double Windsor knots.
And you can see in this picture of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, that Bill Clinton is
sporting what appears to be a Double Windsor. Very large,
very stately.
And Barack unfortunately in this picture is actually,
appears to be wearing what is
probably either a Half Windsor or maybe even a 4-in-Hand knot.
You can really see the difference between his knot and President Clinton's knot
I just think the Double Windsor is just more stately,
more regal, it's just got presence.
It says, "I'm here and I'm a world leader."
Now, unfortunately you can't always rock a Double Windsor.
Because one, it does have a little bit to do with your proportions.
If you're a bigger guy, big neck, big head,
it's gonna look pretty good.
On the other hand, if you're a smaller guy
and you're wearing a huge Double Windsor knot,
it might look a little bit funny.
Now the other thing to consider is the width of your collar.
Now you probably noticed that certain collars can be really narrow.
Certain collars can kind of be spread collars,
where they're really really far out. In fact
those are becoming a lot more popular these days.
The Double Windsor knot is going to work a lot better in a much wider collar.
Because like I said it is a larger more triangular, more spread out knot.
But it's really not a hard knot to tie if you kind of figure out the steps.
And that's what I'll show you right now.
Alright, so the first thing you do is put the tie over your neck.
With the decorated or outside side facing out.
And you need a lot of tie to tie this knot,
because it really does loop around quite a bit.
So, you're gonna actually have the little end be pretty far up.
I have a pretty long torso, I'm a tall guy, so I actually put it just below my pocket.
If you have a pocket or right about your chest level.
Because you really do need a lot of fabric to tie this tie.
Next, you're going to put the long end over the short end
and just keep that pinched together.
Now, you're going to take the tie and the long end and put it around back
and over the top.
Ok.
Next, you're going to wrap that around the back,
over to your right side.
The inside of the tie, should be on the underside of the tie,
should be facing out at this point.
Next, you're going to wrap that around the front.
And loop it back over.
That's the part that's a little different
than a regular 4-in-hand tie knot
that you might be used to.
So at this point we're not done yet,
but you can see, we've kind of got the insides,
the guts, of what the Windsor looks like.
And then, the final step is we're going to wrap it around
I'm going to put my fingers underneath here,
so it's a little easier for me to grab the tie.
When I put it out from the back and into the loop.
Go up here.
And go down through the loop.
Again, don't worry it doesn't look pretty yet, because we can futz with it.
So, I'm gonna tighten the bottom.
And then if the tie's not sort of triangular enough you can kind of tug on the edges.
Mine is already pretty triangular.
And then I'm going to tighten it up by pulling on the short one.
Adjust it.
Get a nice little dimple in there.
And there you have it, the Double Windsor.
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