How To Tie A Four In Hand Tie Knot

The Four in Hand knot is the most simple and the most common method used for a tie. There are a couple of tricks to learn. First of all don’t be nervous. Even if you have never done this before, many young men have gone this path before you without fail. You can always ask your Dad to help.

Don’t be surprised if he fumbles a bit when helping you, because the point of view is shifted when he tries to put on a tie for you. When he stands in front of you, rather than using the methods he has done a gazillion times before even when half asleep, late for work and with no mirror to help him, all the moves are reversed. If he fumbles when he tries to help you, it is normal to laugh at his attempt and this should give you enough confidence to push him gently away and say “Dad I can do this myself!”

While your Dad tries to figure out why his tying skills have suddenly disappeared, this is your chance to shine. Knotting a tie is like dancing, there is a big difference between dancing as lead and having to follow. Leading as opposed to following reverses the moves from right to left. This is why your Dad has problems showing this to you. OK, so now you are more confused than ever. But hold on, because we are about to explain the most critical element of making the four in hand tie knot. It is not so much about how you finish, it is about how you start.

Here is the secret. Logically and instinctively everyone tries to start this wrong, Even if you insist stubbornly, in a drunken frat party stupor, that you know how to tie a tie, when you take the tie, wrap it around your neck and have the ends of the tie make the same position 50 50 – You are wrong!. When the more narrow portion of the tie is exactly in the same place on the front of your chest as the wider portion, this is totally wrong! This is where all newbie tie wearers fall miserably.

The way to properly set up the beginning of the four in hand knot is to make sure the wider portion of the tie is much further down the front of your chest than the narrow portion that ends up underneath. How much further depends on the length of the tie, but the average is about one half further. This means to start properly the wider part is longer in front than the narrow part. If you start correctly everything else is a piece of cake, then you take these steps:

(a) Start with wide end one half further down your chest compared to the narrow end,
(b) Wide end is on your left and narrow end is on your right
(c) Put the wide end over the narrow end.
(d) Put the wide end under the narrow end and bring it out front.
(e) Pull the wide end up, push it through the loop around your neck.
(f) Put the wide end down through the front loop.
(g) Tighten the knot and you’re done!

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