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On Friday night I had to attend a function that required a tie. That makes two weekends in a row that I had wear something formal. I debated what kind of knot to use. Since I had some free time I worked on a BALTHUS knot.

After practicing that knot a couple of times I got it tied correctly but didn’t like the way it looked so I went with my standard necktie knot the Half-Windsor.

Here is my BALTHUS

Here is my Half Windsor

Tying a Balthus Knot in a Tie

I located a website if you are in to neckties, pocket squares, cuff links, socks, or bowties. It is called otaa.com

On that site they discussed the BALTHUS knot. Here is some of the info they had:

The BALTHUS Knot was invented in 1930 by Balthasar Klossowsk, a Polish-French artist. As an artist he was labeled by some as eccentric and controversial. He created the Balthus Knot in an endeavor to invent the widest tie knot known to man and he succeeded.

Here are some visual instructions on how to tie this necktie knot.

One lesson learned after several attempts at mastering the BALTHUS is you need to start out correctly. This Necktie Knot uses up excess fabric, so you need to start with the wide end hanging down real low before you start. I continued to miss this and ended up with a tie that was too short when I got done.