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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
minds of all idealists that any knot lacking this feature is unworthy
of the name.
The chapter on fancy knots will open with the basic NECKTIE
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KNOTS and will then touch briefly on BOWKNOTS. The latter part IS
devoted to a certain variety of CHINESE KNOT that is tied in two
planes and is commonly called BUTIERFL Y KNOT on account of its
marginal loops or bows, which are fancied to resemble the wings of
the insect.
2402 2402. The STRING TIE is merely a ~QUARE or REEF KNOT tied in a
well-stiffened flat material.
2403. The Bow TIE. The ordinary BOWKNOT is tied flat so that the
bow and end of one side is over the end and bow of the other side.
Sometimes the tie is cut so that the waist is small and the bows
flare excessively, although the knot is free from wrinkles. This latter
form has been termed the BATWING TIE.
2404. If a bow is tied in a long wide ribbon, usually of black, the
necktie is termed the WINDSOR. This has been worn with Eton collars
by the young and has been affected by poets and students of the
Latin Quarter. I have seen a photograph of Edmund Clarence Sted-
man in which the ends of his Windsor tie were fully eighteen inches
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long.
2405. The CoVENTRY DRESS TIE is based on the DRAWKNOT or
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r half of the tie tapers to an end that is stiffened at the very tip with a
.. small metal disk which is to be stuck in between the collar and neck-
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band, and then pushed downward from sight.
2406. The ASCOT. This tie is still associated with horses and is today
worn by women quite as much as by men. It is possibly the easiest of
all to tie. The ends are drawn even around the neck. A REEF KNOT
is tied, the ends are then folded down, the bights are pinned high
through the knot, generally with a horsy scarfpin. The two le~s
cross each other at a moderate angle.
2407. The FOUR-IN-HAND. This tie also has a horsy background,
which it has long since lived down. So much so that I found one
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