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Montecristi Fedora Panama Hat
Authentic Ecuadorian Straw Hat
Museum Quality
Characteristics
This is a brand new hat hand woven in Montecristi – Ecuador using the Llano pattern from toquilla fiber, the finest of the straws used in hats. The height of the crown is 4-1/2 inches. The brim has a reinforced edge. Colour is natural straw color with a black cloth puggaree (also available in brown). This is a rollable hat.
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Hat Characteristics: |
| Shape: |
Fedora Classic |
| Finess: |
1200 weaves per square inch (aprox) |
| Crown: |
4 1/2 inches / 11.43 cm height (aprox) |
| Brim: |
2 1/2 inches / 6.35 cm wide (aprox) |
| Edge: |
Reinforced |
| Color: |
Natural |
| Ribbon: |
Black (also available in brown) |
| Weave: |
Llano style weave |
| Made: |
In Montecristi, 100% Ecuadorian | | |
Quality Grades
The most important factor to determine the quality and price of a hat is by looking at the fineness of the weave. If you look closely at a hat you can appreciate how finely the hat is woven by determining how thin are the straws.
Every time the weave quality is doubled, the amount of work is multiplied by four so the finely woven hats demand more time and cost more.
Quality meassures such as Grade numbers are not a good way of grading finess since a Grade 3 form one provider can be better than a Grade 9 from another one. Same situation occurs with denominations such as Fino, Fino Fino, Super Fino, Ultra Fino, etc. I meassure my hats quality with the only objective way to do it, which is using the Montecristi Cuenta System that counts the number of weaves in a square inch.
This hat is a musuem quality hat that has aproximately 1200 weaves per square inch. Almost ten times as much as a standard hat.
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Standard Hat
MC = 130
10 Horizontal
13 Vertical
130 Total |
This Hat
MC = 1200
30 Horizontal
40 Vertical
1200 Total |
History
The Genuine Panama Hat is actually manufactured in Ecuador and the toquilla straw, which is made of grows only in the Ecuadorian coastal lowlands. Panama Hats took this name after they where commercialized in Panama during the construction of the Canal in the beginning of the last century.
Ever since the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Ecuadorian artisans from in an around Montecristi have been weaving hats. The Panama Hat originates from the Toquilla Palm Leaf that grows only in the ecuadorian coastal lowlands. The palms are shredded into fiber straws, woven by hand, shaped, beached, sun dried and trimmed into what is perhaps the finest hat made in the world.
Calculating your Hat Size
To determine your hat size, measure the circumference around your head, keeping the tape level and firm, across the temples and above the eyebrow ridges. Check the size chart given below and look for your equivalent size in centimeters and send me and email with your hat size.
ALL THESE SIZES AVAILABLE
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British
Size |
USA
Size |
European
Size (cm) |
Inches
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Medium |
7 |
7 1/8 |
57 |
22.25 |
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7 1/8 |
7 1/4 |
58 |
22 62 |
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Large |
7 1/4 |
7 3/8 |
59 |
23 |
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7 3/8 |
7 1/2 |
60 |
23.5 |
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XL |
7 1/2 |
7 5/8 |
61 |
23.87 |
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7 5/8 |
7 3/4 |
62 |
24.25 |
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XXL |
NOT AVAILABLE |
Shipping
Item will be shipped from Quito - Ecuador so please allow 10 to 15 days to receive item.
Worldwide Shipping Fee: $13 USD / € 11 / £ 7 / AU $19
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