I’m Going to Start Tying the Merovingian Knot on My Ties

by Frank Roche on June 29, 2009

Tell me this isn’t the coolest knot you’ve seen in a long time. I’ve been a Windsor knot man for a long while (although I do the occasional four-in-hand), but this Merovingian knot is something I’m going to use.

{ 13 comments }

Paul Hebert June 29, 2009 at 9:44 am: I’m doin’ it – for the three times a year I wear a tie. Very nice. Anything to be different but still within some bounds.
Vinny June 29, 2009 at 9:16 am: I have to say as a simple man who doesn't wear ties all that much, the knot thing really just befuddles me. I know how to tie one knot, and I do it reasonably well. I just can't wrap my head around the whole “this not is better than that knot” thing.

Like I said, I'm a simple man
Paul Hebert June 29, 2009 at 9:45 am: I'm doin' it – for the three times a year I wear a tie. Very nice. Anything to be different but still within some bounds.
Frank June 29, 2009 at 12:06 pm: Hey man, you're right…it's just a twist on a concept…and I love the style of it…I used to wear a tie every day, now it's more tie-dye. Still think the knot is groovy.
CraftyMoni June 29, 2009 at 3:41 pm: My husband learned how to do a Windsor knot a few years ago and I had no idea that there were so many ways to tie a knot on a tie. I think it's fascinating.
Frank June 29, 2009 at 4:08 pm: It's a nod to our vanity, I guess. I like ties…used to wear them all the time…now, not so much. But that knot looks cool. Thought you would get a kick out of it…you probably get it in a second with how great you are at knitting and stitching.
CraftyMoni June 29, 2009 at 4:10 pm: I totally do. If I were a guy I would be all over learning the different kinds of knots
iconjohn June 30, 2009 at 8:34 am: Haven't worn a tie in years but it did look spiffy at the end.
rick July 2, 2009 at 9:11 am: I finally watched the video. It is blocked at work. I love tie knots but this is way,way too complicated for my aging brain.

The style I still see that I do not like at all is when the fat part of the tie is just draped over the top and not pulled through a knot at all.
Strahan July 3, 2009 at 10:34 am: I tried it. Luckily the paramedics were able to revive me with oxygen.
Rich July 3, 2009 at 2:56 pm: I'm sure you still have plenty of those spiffy ties. You can try out the new knot for your 50th. birthday.
PaxRomano July 11, 2009 at 3:58 pm: Uh, where’s the mid-life-crisis-I-just-turned-a-half-century-post?? WHERE I ASK?

Happy Birthday, to one of the coolest people I’ve never met!

Many happy returns of the day.
PaxRomano July 11, 2009 at 11:58 am: Uh, where's the mid-life-crisis-I-just-turned-a-half-century-post?? WHERE I ASK?

Happy Birthday, to one of the coolest people I've never met!

Many happy returns of the day.