Not an item or the faint of heart; however, for those who do not take themselves too seriously, it is a very comfortable alternative to a tie, and a warm alternative to a bare neck. A great casual solution for clammy evenings, best used in conjunction with a pervy moustache. A better way to say “debonair degenerate” has yet to be found by this author.

I’ve yet to have success with this beauty, but others might be more dexterous than I. A knot originally used with 19c straight ties, but might work with narrower modern ties. Revived by Messrs. Fink and Mao. Final turn goes through both passes to achieve the “x” form.

Named for its inventor Aristotle Onassis, this curiosity is a FOUR-IN-HAND with an extra turn at the end, in which the active end of the finished knot is brought back up and over, obscuring the knot. Best with collars with a spread that can amply house the unknotted cloth. Not fond of the effect, myself, but de gustibus, etc.

The only worthwhile thing about the science fiction film in which it appeared. Use the thin end of the tie to execute this inverted, doubled-up WINDSOR. One tucks into the knot’s previous passes at the end. Socially precarious, given its origin, but every overweight, ponytailed virgin it encounters will find it quite “kew-wel.”