Thomas Fink's Homepage. This is the definitive catalogue of tie knots, most of which were invented by me and my co-author, Yong Mao.
At the end of this page, I give some general notes on ties. The catalogue follows, and compliments, The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie, though it does not excerpt any of the text therein. More detailed information can be found in the book. A mathematical derivation of the knots included here and technical information about the different knots can be found in the two physics journal articles, 'Designing tie knots by random walks' (a summary) and 'Tie knots, random walks and topology' (a detailed exposition).
How to tie Victoria knot. Best Ways to Tie a Tie. Skip navigation This page is standards compliant and Section 508 accessible Until recently I only knew one way to tie a necktie (the half-Windsor), because that's the only way my dad knows and that's what he taught me.
I've never been very good at tying it but never though much about it, until I saw a friend who had tied his tie very nicely for his dissertation defense (it was a nicely-done Windsor).