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Characteristics

This is a brand new hat hand woven in Cuenca – Ecuador using the Brisa 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 white with a black cloth puggaree (also available in brown).

Hat Characteristics: Shape: Gambler Classic Finess: 130 weaves per square inch (aprox) Crown: 4 1/2 inches / 11.43 cm height (aprox) Brim: 3 inches / 7.6 cm wide (aprox) Edge: Reinforced Color:  Bleached Ribbon: Black (also available in brown) Weave: Brisa style weave Made: In Cuenca, 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.   

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 standard hat that has aproximately 130 weaves per square inch. 

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  have been weaving hats that became popular in Europe.   This hat has a wide brim, and used to protect from the sun in sugar cane or cotton plantations.  You may also have seen it in movies worn by boat gamblers on the Mississippi river or horse race gamblers of Monte Carlo.

Calculating your Hat Size

These hats are tailor made as we block it according to your head 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.

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