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  1. J

    Panama weight.

    Oh yea, for those of you who don't want to spend money on a new scale, you can take your panama hat to the post office and have it officially weighted by the government. this will make a good conversation at the post office too. they will be amazed.
  2. J

    Panama weight.

    Nice hat Ricardo. how about a photo of the inside of the hat and sweatband. how many vueltas are there?
  3. J

    Panama weight.

    I also use an electronic scale I got from Office Max or Office Depot years ago. I think they are pretty inexpensive now. I was shown by (incabox) three different ways to count the finess of the weave on a montecristi. the weave count, the X's count and the "carreras" count. there are more ways...
  4. J

    Panama weight.

    Ricardo, I have several montecristi finos and wanted to know the easiest way to count. the ebay (incabox) guy I bought most of my montecristis from told me to use this tool in conbanation with a long sewing needle. http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=63-1309...
  5. J

    Panama weight.

    One of my motecristi panamas is 1.9 wit all the trimmings. I also need a digital camara Ricardo so that I can post photos here
  6. J

    Flattening Brim & Stitching Sweatband?

    Me too. I'm unaware of the hat racket in question. Would you please send a PM and let me know what disgraced hat seller should be avoided? Jimmyfed
  7. J

    Panama Style..?

    I bought a montecristi grueso about a year ago from ebay (incabox). The seller called it santa fe style. I don't know if that is a the vintage name or just a modern name for this style of hat. I hope this info gives you a good starting point in your search.
  8. J

    Show us your hats

    Niiicceee hats. I'll try to make time and photograph some of my hats and post them here. I don't realy have that many hats yet. Good luck on eBay!
  9. J

    My First Panama Hat- First Post

    nice hat and thank you for posting the pictures, I have 6 montecristis now, I started buying them over a year ago
  10. J

    Another ebay bargain.

    It looks like the same quality as sharpetoy's $100 hat
  11. J

    I sat on my Optimo (edited.. smaller video)

    Great video, Zohar. Once I learn how to post pictures here, I will have a photo of the hat I got from Joe (incabox @ eBay)
  12. J

    Back down to Ecuador.

    Good luck and hope that you bring lots of the best hats
  13. J

    Two PanamaBob Montecristis, finished by Art

    Wow! the hats look great. Nice job Art and PanamaBob Is that $100 for both hats including the blocking or is it $100 per hat body, plus blocking?
  14. J

    intro

    Welcome hatlady I'm also new to this place and the world of hats. I just purchased a Fine Panama hat from incabox at ebay ($310). The hat is out of this world and I'm planning to buy several more from diferent vendors. I was going to buy two from Brent Black, but I have a friend who's bought...
  15. J

    Am I Crazy? I'm buying a Panama from eBay!

    I have decided to buy the following maybe it's a crazy thing to do, but I'm taking the chance. I've heard too many good things about Joe (incabox) I will also buy one from panamabob and Brent Black in the near future. Any words of encouragement or discouragement are wellcome...
  16. J

    Can anybody help me, please? With Panama hat

    Thank you, Andykev.
  17. J

    Can anybody help me, please? With Panama hat

    I have fond an eBay member who has bought panama hats from these two (incabox and panamabob) guys. I will e-mail him or her and find out what he/she thinks of the hats he/she has bought from them. (out of respect I will keep that person's opinion to myself).
  18. J

    Can anybody help me, please? With Panama hat

    Thank you all. I'm very interested in high quality Montecristi Panama hats. I'm planning to buy several of them and that's why I want to find out who has the best for the best price. I have heard good things about panamabob, but I have also heard very good things about incabox. I haven't...
  19. J

    Can anybody help me, please? With Panama hat

    I now know what hand blocking is! I went to some of the web sites Dave gave me. Thanks again!
  20. J

    Can anybody help me, please? With Panama hat

    Thanks Dave. I'm sure tempted to buy this one. I have looked at the other hats he has sold and they all look great! I have emailed past buyers of this seller and they all seem to have no problems with him and are very happy with their hats. One guy email me back saying that he has two...

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