Another Straw is Bakustraw
What is Baku Straw? i found confusing definitions :
Baku Straw is a very fine straw with a 1x1 weave and has a dull finish made from the young stalks of the Talipot palm from Malabar and Ceylon. When made into a hat, it is very lightweight...
A very special Borsalino Perforated Felt, is about 50 Gramms
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/kawabuchi/item/kaw-borf-bf160204/
and i find a special Waxed-Silkpaperstrand Braid from Mayser is crushable and waterresistant...
Jep, but out there are a lot of People they dont know .
https://shop.visvim.tv/hk/en/f3/?PID=0199903003001&PNM=LAUREATE HAT ok, is Beaver and Handmassaged !!
A special lightweight Felt, looks like a foldable Panama, from Guerra 1855
http://www.chapellerie-traclet.com/fr/chapeau-feutre-poil/2220-chapeau-soufle-guerra-1855.html
A stylish beaver hat from Nick Fouquet Venice Beach
http://en.vogue.fr/vogue-hommes/fashion/diaporama/the-fedora-by-nick-fouquet/14601#nick-fouquet-chapeau
I forgot these Fibres :
Parabuntal Straw - from China , Philippines , very light
Seagrass - is crushable and waterresistent, a bit rough looking.
Ramie - not so durable than other fibers mostly mixed with other fibres, wrinkle resistant, stiff and brittle
Cotton Calico a sort of Cottonfibres...
Summerhat comparsion :
Lightfelthats - like Borsalino Piuma 50 Gramms !! http://www.hutshopping.de/50_Gramm_Fedora_Herrenhut_by_Borsalino.html or something other.
The Problem with Felt in Hotweather is the Sweat, felt is not washable !! So you will have Sweatstains over Time, ok some People...
Foldaway, Rollable Beaver Fedoras, Trilbys are hard to find, i only find the Bates J-L https://www.bates-hats.com/store/hats/fedoras/the-j-l/prod_30.html
and the Stoffa Beaver http://stoffa.co/collections/all. Are they any others ?
Someone knows something about these english foldaway hats, their qualitys ?
http://www.lairdlondon.co.uk/product/hats/crushable-fedora/
http://www.purdey.com/clothing-accessories/fur-felt-foldaway-hat-hand-made-hat143.aspx
http://stoffa.co/
European
http://www.no-hats.com/
http://www.muehlbauer.at
http://www.shibumi-berlin.com/Sen:::23.html
http://www.advintagefedora.de/shop/
Any experiences ?
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