For a few hours every week, the home I grew up turned into a haberdasher's shop. To get ready for church, my dad and I pulled out the shoe shine kit and polished our shoes. We picked out our suits and ironed our shirts. If we were wearing a new item, my mom made sure the fit was right. And of course, we had to have the perfect necktie.
Wearing a necktie is one of the first rites of manhood. It's an early display of one's sartorial style and can put one a few steps ahead of those still wearing a clip-on. As such, a man should teach a young man how to tie a tie as my father taught me. Every time I tie a four in hand knot, I re-connect to my father and to his father and so on.
Do you have a son or nephew or young man in your life who needs you to teach him one of the foundations of manliness? Let me recommend http://www.tie-a-tie.net/. The site's mission is simple. It aims to teach people how to tie a tie. There are step by step video instructions and helpful necktie tips.
This site won't replace the one on one time spent teaching a young man how to tie a necktie but now you have a ready resource. Take advantage of it. You'll look like a genius.
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