JFK's Tie Knot

[Bob Prudhomme]

I think we've definitely "been had" as you phrase it, because, in the black and white FBI photo that labels that area a "nick", I see 6 of those little patterns in a row, immediately to the rick of the white mark the FBI labels the "nick." On the other hand, the tie photo with the visible bloodstain has but 5 icons (and no partials) in a row to either side of the "nick."



Also, I think that the color photo with 5 icons and a bloodstain has to come from the "forward facing" side of the tie. In all my ties, the "body-facing" side of the tie has a clear line down the middle (a seam) where the fabric of the tie has been folded to overlap and sewn together, which isn't visible of that close up photo. Bob is of course correct that close to the knot, the sideways end of the fabric are curled in toward each other.

I slowed down a little and took a closer look at your post. Excellent observation! Yes, there are definitely six icons seen on the tie section you posted a photo of, as opposed to the five icons wide photo of the nick seen here:



This complicates things a great deal, and I have no illusions there was anything accidental about this. I agree we have been had but, what were they trying to accomplish here? How could deleting one icon from the wide row of icons change anything?