Actual unedited testimonials from fashion challenged people around the globe. Enjoy!


This is the very first "How to Tie a Tie" email I received, and still my favorite...

Hey Bob...thanks for making my teenage son a very happy person. My husband wasn't home from work yet and I don't know squat about tying a man's tie...I know a lot of things but not that. Anyway, my son was on his way to a formal dance and had to have a tie on. Usually he does not care about things like that, but I guess there is some hot babe waiting out there for him. I called my brother in Vermont to talk him through it to no avail. I knew all along I should try the internet but lo-and-behaold, I waited. Finally, after screaming at each other, I did a search, found your directions, and we were off. Thanks for providing info for us. What a story of a modern day family!
Thanks a lot for the tie tying techniques...I always felt like an idiot because I never wore ties much and always struggled to try and do it right at the last minute. Again, good job!
Thank you from a girlfriend of a severely fashion challenged man for your "How to Tie a Tie"
Bob you are the man you would not believe the jam you got me out of with your site My girlfriend will be happy
Thank you for the excellent tie tying info!!! It was exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks for putting up the "How to tie a tie page". It saved my butt.
i still cant figure out how to tie my tie! Is there anything else you can tell me? Any tip? thanks!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! As an up and coming network administrator, I've been under the gun to wear ties more often, unfortunately, I didn't know how, and with my wife and I separating, I was in REAL trouble, your page saved me. I'm a sailor, and and can tie all sorts of knots blindfolded, but ties eluded me, NO LONGER!
thanks, bob, you saved my ass; as a blue collor type who only dresses for weddings ( never again) and funerals, I had an important meeting that popped up & my girlfriend who usually helps me out was unavailable. thanks again; aint technology great !!
Well, Bob, I guess I'm not the first to REALLY say a big thankyou to you. It's kind of embarrising to have to use pre-made ties (when my brother visits me, he has to tie them all :) And to ask someone HowTo ? Never... I just couldn't ! But now I won't have that problem anymore.
Well, here is yet another story about a guy who never learned to tie a tie and he had an interview one afternoon and you came to the rescue. Thanks so very very much!!!
I would like to thank you for the tie information... After being showed millions of times by my Dad on how to tie a tie I could never remember just how to do it. I never really have to use one only on certain occasions. Well, one of those times happened which happened to be my graduation from high school. :) My Dad was out of town and no one else in the house knew how to tie a tie. I search the internet and found your site. Thanks a bunch for helping me out. I'm might be starting my own web page here soon and if so I would like to add a link to your spot if you don't mind... I know I'm not the only person out there that could use the information... Thanks!
Bob, you are the BEAST!!! You're a big help by having the tie page. You're helping more people than you think! On behalf of all the others who never admit anything, THANK YOU!!!
Just wanted to drop a thank you note about your H2TaT page. H2TaT first got me out of a jam exactly a year ago to the date. My Wife had a graduation party, and I was supposed to meet her there. When I pulled my tie out of the closet, it was un-tied (I had a friend tie the two I had, which I had worn a total of two times before). I had an only an hour before I had to leave, and nobody I knew was reachable... I went downstairs, and decided to see if the internet is useful fro non-techie things (I'm a software engineer, and have been using it for years before that). I entered "how to tie a tie" into infoseek as my first attempt, and your page was only the 14th in the match list. I've been carrying a printout of your pages since, and have been using the story and your H2TaT page quite a bit as a classic example of how the web is of actual use in everyday life. I am on my way to this year's ceremony, and was about to go upstairs to tie my tie. Naturally I looked your page up again, and I though to drop off this thank you note.
Geez. Saved my butt again. Thanks
As one who has never before needed a tie until now, when an important job interview is upon me, i would like to thank you profusely for putting these guides on the Web. You have indeed performed a valuable and butt-saving service for me and other heathens who were ignorant in the ways of the necktie... thank you once again
I was really scared I wouldn't find this kind of info on the net, then I guess I should've known better. Thanks ! is great to find help when you need it.
Thanks for putting that page up. I have repeatedly had people explain Half-Windsor to me, yet have never been able to achieve any but the most dismal results with such method. You are no exception. BUT the Four-In-Hand knot your page described works perfectly for me. The sight of a neatly executed knot in my mirror brings me great satisfaction. Thanks much.
Thanks a million. A few Years ago, I had a friend show me how to tie a tie for my then girlfriend's Sweetheart Dance.(we got married) Now, I am a teacher and have been using that knot for years. What I thought was a half Windsor was actually the four in hand. On Christmas eve, I surprised my wife by actually using the Half Windsor. I love the knot. Thank you very much
Thank you so much for H2tat! I haven't worn a suit in almost eleven years, but this weekend I'm on a cruise to Mexico and formal attire is required for the dining room. Thanks to your site, I was able to re-learn the fine art of tying a noose around my neck. See you at the shuffleboard courts
Geez man, Thanks!!!! I had a big Job Interview, I didn't know how to tie a tie and my grandfather is sick in bed, I don't see my dad much...It was great having a website that taught me how to tie it. Now I've got a nice job for a 16 year old that pays 10 bucks an hour. Better than my 5.15 job last winter!!!
You just saved me from rage and desperation. I was trying to tie that tie of mine. I just couldn't get that perfect "symmetrical triangle" and kept trying over and over again for 2 hours until I decided to go on the web. I found the Half-Windsor Knot described on your site and got a perfect tie on the first shot!
Your 'how to tie a tie' page was GREAT! Thanks for having it up there. I used to tie a tie in a the four in hand knot which was not bad but the windsor just looks so much better. I was so bad at tieing a tie that I would tie it once and never take the knot out. Anyway -- thanks for having that site up; you have made my life much better!
A BIG Thankyou for providing your info page. I haven't had to wear a tie since I served in the U.S.A.F. fourteen years ago, your tie skills tend to get rusty, and I have a wedding to attend in a few days. Whew, that was close!!!
Man Bob u r the coolest guy ever thanx for making this website for how to tie up a tie i learned a lot thanx
This is a wonderful service you provide for young men and women on tying ties.(sic) Keep it up. One of the few really useful things I have come across for a while.
Thank you for your How to Tie a Tie website. I found you through google.com because I have a court date to go to and I do not know how to tie a knot. I did not know how to Tie a Tie and now I do. I have bookmarked your page and will use it for a long time. Thanx.
I've searched for tie finding instructions before, but your site had remarkably simple instructions! Thanks a lot, perhaps my girlfriend will start respecting me now
Thank you thank you for you how to tie a tie website. My husband had an important job interview this morning and neither one of us could remember how to tie a tie. You saved the day!
You've confused the Half-Windsor and the Four in Hand.
Some of us are fashion challenged, and I am amongst their number. I thought I'd take the time to thank you, as you took the time to post this page. You are a godsend. I normally have no need for a tie, and my wife fakes it, so I always look like a reject from a shirt commercial. Once again, much appreciated.
Thanks for the site....it saved my life, I can tie now!
THANK YOU 100,000,000 TIMES FOR TEACHING THE FASHION CHALLENGED AMERICANS THAT MUST FACE EACH DAY WITH A PRE KNOTTED TIE. YOU WILL BE REWARDED.
Thank you so much for your help! My husband has been too embarrassed for years to ask anyone for help and so I would sneak ties to friends and family and have them tie them for him. I really appreciate this helpful guide.
Your page on how to tie ties saved my life! My 14-year-old son, who's worn a tie maybe 5 times in his life, needed to wear one today, and my husband wasn't around to tie it for him. I figured, if there are instructions on making pipe bombs on the web, there .must. be instructions for tying a tie. Thanks so much!!
Cool really cool...
.... just saved my ass. Thanks a bunch!! I start a new job tomorrow morning, and this is the first job where I've had to wear a shirt and tie to work.
Your site is a riot. I just dropped by to find out how to tie a bow-tie I had to learn the Windsor in grade 9 becuase I went to private school - ties were compulsory and the football player clasmates would yank the fake hang on ties off you. I can tie a Winston in my sleep.
Hello, and thank you soooo much for your tutorial on how to tie a tie. I am 15 years old, and I haven't really thought much about tying my tie (my dad always did it for me). However, he left on a business trip this morning, and I just realized that I have a debate tournament tomorrw ( I have to wear a tie) I desperately searched the net for a decent tutorial, and I found yours. Thanks, a bunch!
Thanks Man, you saved my ass...I have a wedding in 2 hours!!!
Bob Baggerman
bob@bizweb.com

ScoutDB's How to Tie a Tie

6/21/2003
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