This little chart served me well for many years, especially when I was a baby lawyer (when the suit was worn all the time). The Half-Windsor remains my knot o’ choice.
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Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
My Failed Libertarian Speaking Hiatus; Memories of Mises Institute and Other Events, 1988–20192025
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I’m a four-in-hand man. The half-Windsor is too prone to making a gargantuan knot. Done carefully, the four-in-hand is balanced and compact.