Ties

[SRV-Zeppelin]

Well guys, we've all been there before. I'm sure most of us don't wear ties on a regular basis, but there's the odd time when it's socially required- your cousin's wedding, your great aunt's funeral, your nephew's girlfriend's cousin's bar mitzvah.... you get the point. So when it's required, do you actually take the time to fit a real tie, or do you "cheat" and use a clip-on? (Because let's face it guys, we're pretty much inept at putting on ties without help- at least those of us who don't wear them regularly.) Myself? I use clip-ons. they're cheaper, less hassle, and most people can't tell the difference.

 

Take that, you fancy corporate executive snobs!!!

[surfpup]

Clip-ons are crap, unless you work in the prison or criminal justice system in which case they can save your life! Seriously, it's not hard to learn to tie a decent knot. I learned when I was 15 (because bag boys had to wear them then). And trust me the ladies can tell the difference.... They appreciate a man who can tie a solid knot!

[daveinspain]

I like putting on a tie every once in a while so when I do it up right... The real deal!

[cvansickle]

When I was eight, I had to learn to tie my own tie to earn my Wolf badge. Fuel for life!

 

Clip-ons are for men who are in danger of being choked by their ties during their work, like policemen. Anybody else who wears a clip-on is a weenie!

[Ian Martin]

I do about 20 weddings a year, and I always look studly in the real deal. I wear lots of skinny ties.

 

Seriously, who was the one to vote clip-on? Identify yourself so we can ridicule you. ;-)

[djroge1]

Nothin' but the real thang

[retrosurfer1959]

What a great question - personally I wear a tie about 75% of the time, I wear a tie every day other than the middle of summer when Polo's become the norm in the desert. I Haven't worn a clip-on since i left law enforcement and I was worried about someone strangling me with it (before that it was 4th grade in catholic school for clip on's). I do cheat sometimes with ties with the integrated zippers that truly look perfect and the knot is always straight and no wrinkles but that's even rare. I even tie Bow Ties when I wear a tux. Wearing real ties and shaving were always kind of the transition into manhood for my generation at least.

 

I saw a similar queation on a different forum recently about how men wore dress shirts/ties without a undershirt beneath it? I was truly amazed but the end result was about 50% again personally can't imagine doing that either. For me in the office its a long sleeve shirt over a white undershirt with a tie.

 

After work it's old ratty levi's or levi shorts and black rock and roll t-shirts with Doc Martens but that's a different question I guess

[littlekenny]

whenever I have to wear one i wear the real thing. Still dont know how to tie it though

[Johnt]

Whenever I am working I wear a suit.. always!

 

I have many suits!

 

I also have many ties and hate evry one of them.

 

Ties are for funerals and interviews with bank managers!

[Thermionik]

I have always wondered what the purpose of the tie was.

 

I have only ever worn them under protest.

 

I can tie several different knots.

 

What ho. Toodle pip.....

[jeff_farkas]

I used to work in a business environment and I had to wear a tie each day. The real thing not a clip on. Just use the real thing... not a big deal and it looks better, IMO.

 

Jeff

[surfpup]

whenever I have to wear one i wear the real thing. Still dont know how to tie it though

 

That's what dad's are for! Seriously I wonder if the "I know how to tie a tie" rate among young men today is related to the divorce rate? I doubt my mom could've taught me how. Every year when we have a dress up thing at school, I have to tie a bunch of ties for kids who cannot. Just a thought....

[jeff_farkas]

I worked with a guy that would leave his tied and just slip them off at night and slip them back on the next day he wanted to use one of them.

 

Jeff

[Notes_Norton]

The real thing.

 

In my duo The Sophisticats we play a lot of semi-formal affairs and a few black-tie formal ones. I even learned how to tie a bow-tie for the black tie affairs. As the even wears on, it looks really "Vegas" a I admit fun for me to untie it and let the butterfly ends hang around the neck - Rat Pack style.

 

Notes

[Thundergod]

I wear them daily... (imaginie that!) and I learned to use them propperly when I was 9 years old, fitting them takes me less than a minute, but for as long as I can remember, all my friends have always asked me to fit theirs, as they cant do it... just weird... specially in a guitar forum man!

[Blues2016]

The real thing, still don't know how to tie em!

here's the one I wear:

 

:)

[Flight959]

The real thing!

 

Clip on...come on how lazy is that!

 

Flight959

[rjay777]

Silly wabbits, clips are for kids.

 

Seriously though, as much as I find ties a nuisance, gotta have the real deal.

[SRV-Zeppelin]

I wear them daily... (imaginie that!) and I learned to use them propperly when I was 9 years old' date=' fitting them takes me less than a minute, but for as long as I can remember, all my friends have always asked me to fit theirs, as they cant do it... just weird... specially in a guitar forum man![/quote']

 

wow... I would have never imagined you as a tie guy, Thunder.

[littlekenny]

 

That's what dad's are for! Seriously I wonder if the "I know how to tie a tie" rate among young men today is related to the divorce rate? I doubt my mom could've taught me how. Every year when we have a dress up thing at school' date=' I have to tie a bunch of ties for kids who cannot. Just a thought....[/quote']

 

 

Yeah my dad usually does it for me. Just wondering, what grades do you teach?

[SRV-Zeppelin]

Well, I finally learned how to tie a tie! (thanks to tutorials found on YouTube of course...)

 

And yes, Ian, it was me who voted for clip-on...

[Old Deadhead]

The real thing with a windsor knot. Once you learn hoe to tie it, you never forget, like riding a bike.

[Tim Plains]

I wear a tie once every couple of months. So, I put in the effort use the real thing.

[ChanMan]

When I was eight' date=' I had to learn to tie my own tie to earn my Wolf badge. Fuel for life!

 

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My Dad taught me to tie both a single and double Winsor when I was little... I typically use the single these days, but used the double back then. I got to pass that along when I was a scout leader; I brought an arm load of ties to one meeting and taught all my boys to tie single Winsor knots. Go Scouting!!