You're so Topsy-Turvy, M'Lud.

I once 'Did-as-I-would-be-Done-by'...

My back has never been the same since.

Nietzsche or Nurture?

http://exepose.ex.ac.uk/pages_2005/week8/013%20-%20Fashion-%20colour.pdf

How do we all tie our scarves here (If we knot them at all)?

Too many men now tie them the girl's way IMVHO.

I quite like mine untied and back over one shoulder with the body of the scarf pulled up on to my chin as though I were a highwayman who had just let his disguise slip slightly.

But that's just me.

Old school?
College?
Tartan?
Tweed?
Cashmere?
Lambswool?

You can have a lot of fun with a scarf.

http://www.brora.co.uk/Brora/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=DSG&cid=W61O-Stoles+and+Scarves&language=en-GB

A new company & a nice one.
Like Johnstons of Elgin their entire range of knitwear is always interesting.

*Takes large mouthful of Humble Pie*

The Fulham knot (although not called that back then) is a perfectly manly knot from the 19th Century, if not before.
My four-in-hand-esq style knot comes from the cravat and is much more of an affectation in origin, although it became widespread in the 20th century.

Mr. Horace is quite correct that the Fulham is really an old sailor's knot.

I am also informed that I am a jackass.

I shall live quietly with my shame.

T.L.

OK - Every knot has a name & every knot has a meaning. Mostly lost now.

A lot of all this originates from the sea and the knots & meanings have links to Fishermen's & Sailor's knitwear patterns & scrimshaw designs.

In the 19th Century all this symbolism became mainstream with cravat knots.
H. Le Blanc's 1828 'The Art of Tying the Cravat' has 22 knots.
(There is also a theory that 'H. Le Blanc' was actually Balzac himself mucking around & having a bit of fun under a phoney name. What a troll!)
And the cravat itself comes from Croatian soldiers back in the 17th Century.

And dat's all I know so far.

Prof. Terry.

Oh yes, every toffy Brit is a tosser at heart!

The expert on knots is affectionately know as Micky Mouth. He also informs that the knots employed in Japanese bondage all had/have names & symbolic meanings too. Odd how one subject can lead on to another...