I swear by the full windsor and anything else is heresy.
Originally used four in hand but changed to half Windsor because I wanted something that didn’t look as though I was still at school. Also the half Windsor is symmetrical, Tabby_Cat and bahia hombre. If yours isn’t, then it’s probably not done right.
Yes, Dr Who
Sorry I couldn’t resist.
Four-in-hand only. Any other knot requires a longer tie, and my ties barely fit as is.
At least, they seem to when I’ve tried to tie them from the instructions on the Internet. I always barely have any tie left on the back side, and that means it will try to stick out.
I’m surprised the half- and full Windsor are as popular as they seem here. I always thought they were a bit exotic and the four-in-hand was the default for Americans at least.
I always use the small knot (though I didn’t know that’s what it was called until now). I think this is the default knot that schoolboys are taught at primary school in the UK, and I’ve never seen any reason to switch.
Used to use a half Windsor but then decided it was too narrow, and switched to the full Windsor. I still get a bit confused at times, but I’m getting there.
Well, my head is not on entirely straight so that may be part of the problem 
4 in a hand here. But, I had to follow the links to find out what it was called. Why do I use that knot? It’s what my dad showed me. Why did he use it? I seem to remember that he told me he saw it on a cigarette commercial.
“Over, Under, Around and Through, (name of the cigarette company) brings it’s pleasure to you”
I don’t remember what the cig bran was and my dad doesn’t smoke, but every time I tie a tie, that little diddy goes through my head.
My dad taught me the four-in-hand- knot when I was a kid (though I never knew if had a ‘name’ until today), and that’s the only knot I’ve ever needed.
I usually do a half-Windsor. Frankly, I think the four-in-hand looks like an especially half-assed Windsor style done by someone who wasn’t sure how to tie a tie.
I actually thought for the longest time that the Four-in-Hand was a half-Windsor and the half-Windsor was the full-Windsor. Those are the two I use most. There are a couple of thin ties that I use a full-Windsor for, but that’s pretty rare.
Gal-who-has-worn-ties here. I used to know how to tie a Half Windsor but the small knot is the only one I can consistently get right.
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I always thought the Windsor knots looked rather school-boy myself – generous knots for kids with skinny necks who were uncomfortable with ties and appreciated the slack. I’m for the four-in-hand all the way, with a tight, tight knot.
Four in hand for me, but the only time I worked in a job that required a tie was at a movie theatre, age 16 through 18.
I do have a question; my Dad ties his starting out with them inside out, the seam facing away from his chest. Does anyone know what this is called? He showed me when I was young on a few occasions, but I have never remembered how he tied them.
I think it may be a Pratt knot (linked in OP). I was never aware of it before but tried it yesterday and it was quite snazzy as well; and easier to tie than the half-Windsor.
As for the small knot, I was sort of aware of it but didn’t know people actually wore it that way; I thought it was something menswear stores did for display purposes, kind of like how for dress shoes they put in the laces in an impossible-to-wear parallel configuration.
Crap, that will teach me, I never even saw the last two links. Thanks Koxinga
Oh my goodness! Here I thought I was tying a Windsor knot but it turns out it’s actually a Cavendish. impressed
All the time. If you can tie a shoelace, you can tie a bow tie.
He also forgot the cravat.
and the ascot.