Tie the 'Pratt' (aka 'Shelby') knot

The "Pratt" is related to the "Nicky" and provides an excellent compact, medium sized symmetric knot. The "Pratt" is a very practical knot which can be used with most any tie.

As you can see, the tie is inverted (the seam shows) as you start. This saves us one loop.

The video is to be viewed as if you were looking in a mirror.

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Category:

Howto & Style

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• Tie
• Pratt
• Shelby
• knot

[Uberownager]

With his hands

[DivinelyGifted]

this video really helped me out...God bless whoever made this 1!!!!!!!!!!!

[realdealrex]

should the N side be longer than W side

[kaikaichen]

@Nikkin07 It's a dress shirt with a spread collar (as opposed to the more common "point collar"). The tips of a spread collar are hidden when wearing a jacket or blazer, and thus makes it more formal.

[lizerkeanu]

whats the name of the knot that tom uses in 500 days of summer,it looks like a square knot

[Masked011a]

Very good, instructional video!!! Keep going on! I love very much this knot and thanks to your tutorial i learn it in few seconds! :D

[mrgentlemen1]

Is it just me, but i feel that pratt knot is highly similar to half windsor knot

[OsodeCaram3lo]

Man, people can be so ungrateful. At least he took the time to show us how to tie a tie. I'm new with the wonderful world of tie knots, but the end result is that I am just glad I am able to tie my tie without the need of a clip on.

[stargate905]

is it the windsor knot ?

[BubblezCuteGirl]

Cool knot. I had to find a different way to tie a tie for homework, thanks for making it easier! :-)

[cscamby0410]

I would guess that Tom Hagen has a victorian/prince albert knot in that scene that's just tied extremely extremely extremely tight...it looks too long to be a traditional 4 in hand so the extra wrap around would probably make that knot. I know the Italian tie knot is just a 4 in hand that's played with to get it more asymmetrical. Hope that helps.