Black Polka Dots Woven Silk Tie, Pointe Tie PH1105

This necktie is the typical length, but the thickness of the material and the width of the tail end made it difficult to tie a double Windsor. It ends up being too short unless you make the knot really tight or try to stretch out the material a bit. The width of the tail makes it difficult to fit underneath all of my dress shirt collars.

The saving grace is that after half a dozen tries, the double Windsor looks perfect and the material glimmers almost like a carbon fiber weave. It definitely looks sharp in a classic way. With my normal silk ties, they are thinner at the tail and a thinner overall material and I can get a perfect double Windsor usually on the first or second try.

Overall: 4/5 stars, the material is too thick and stiff, and the tail is too wide.