This is the Balthus knot. I suspect this is the knot worn by Hannibal in the new TV show. The obvious characteristic is it’s magnificent size. It is actually a bit of a trick. I am tying the knot very shallow, or with lots of slack on the little end. Using the wider part of the tie creates a larger knot and that is what I aim to emphasize. The method is successful in making a huge knot, but also requires a vest or jacket to look normal. If you want to tie the Balthus with the intent to wear it normally, you can surely do that, it will just be smaller.
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Balthus Knot was invented by a French-Polish painter Balthasar Klossowski in 1930 who named the knot after his own name. He claimed to have created it out of boredom and did not wear it with any regularity.
http://tieatieguide.com/how-to-tie-a-balthus-knot/
A simple double Windsor.
Not a simple double Windsor a simple quadruple Windsor.
I tied this with a Big and Tall tie as an average size guy. The length came out just right for a suit, and the knot is still pretty freakin huge.