Necktie: Use an "H" handshape to show how a tie hangs from your neck.
Note: Some people also use this sign (in context) to mean "tuxedo."
EQUAL:
If you mean "tie" and in the contest was a tie or that the result was equal,
then use the sign for "EQUAL"
TIE-(a knot)
If you mean "tie a knot" then just mime the tying of whatever type of knot to
which you are referring.