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.

  • http://incentive-intelligence.typepad.com/ Paul Hebert

    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.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    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 ;-)

  • http://incentive-intelligence.typepad.com/ Paul Hebert

    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.

  • http://www.knowhr.com/blog Frank

    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.

  • http://www.blatherskiteblog.com/ CraftyMoni

    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.

  • http://www.knowhr.com/blog Frank

    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.

  • http://www.blatherskiteblog.com/ CraftyMoni

    I totally do. If I were a guy I would be all over learning the different kinds of knots :)

  • http://www.jchtv.com iconjohn

    Haven't worn a tie in years but it did look spiffy at the end.

  • http://48facets.wordpress.com/ rick

    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

    I tried it. Luckily the paramedics were able to revive me with oxygen.

  • Rich

    I'm sure you still have plenty of those spiffy ties. You can try out the new knot for your 50th. birthday.

  • http://paxromano.blogspot.com/ PaxRomano

    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.

  • http://paxromano.blogspot.com/ PaxRomano

    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.

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