A friends new panama

[rgraham]

My friend received this not long ago. I thought some of you would find it interesting.

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[rgraham]

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[rgraham]

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<a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/?action=view&current=HPIM4170.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/HPIM4170.jpg" border="0" alt="panama six"></a>
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[Doh!]

I don't do cowboy hats myself, but that one's a real beauty.

 

[duggap]

Wow

Gosh that is a nice looking weave on that hat. I bet he is delighted with it. It must be so light he forgets he has it on. These weak ole eyes will not permit me to count the weave per square inch but I bet it is a fairly high count.:eusa_clap

 

[Florida_Marlin]

Nice Hat

Boy, thats a nice western style panama. Beautiful weave. Really Nice. Makes me want to go put on my Chocolate brown Bison Justins! Lucky friend

 

[scotrace]

At that grade they look line linen. Beautiful hat.

 

[Lefty]

It looks as light as a feather.
I'll follow the several and be the first of many more to say, wow, what a beautiful weave.

 

[Razzman]

Great find.:eusa_clap :eusa_clap Looks to be in great shape too!

 

[HungaryTom]

BRAVO!!!!!

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap



Rgraham,

There is no if and when - this is unconditionally beautiful!

Thank you and your friend for taking the time to photograph this MUSEUM grade hat and -at last but not at least - for posting this hat.

Pure beauty.

Many thanks again.

Regards:

Tom

 

[Michael Bonner]

Man!

Hard to imagine weaving like that without a loom! Wow!

 

[HungaryTom]

MUSEUM

I wrote not so long ago about hatters not documenting their pinnacle hats.

Superbly blocked Montecristi are true artworks which MUST NOT disappear undocumented like dirty little secrets - those are real artworks.

Since the Montecristi are done in Ecuador but the finest -artistic- shapes come from the US, this is a true American art genre!!!!

Therefore these hats deserve a publicity like true artworks. Nice photographs do only the true justice to them.


Tom

 

[rgraham]

Thanks for the compliments. They have been passed along to my friend who didn't know I was going to post the images. It was the first time he had seen them as well. I'm sure he will pass the compliments along to those who truly deserve them.

As far as the weight of the hat, I wouldn't be surprised if the hat band weighed more.

 

[Panamabob]

Fabulous! I'd bet anything the hat weighs less than an ounce itself.

 

[RBH]

That is a very nice hat!!!!

 

[Colby Jack]

Gorgeous!...That weave just stuns me!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[HungaryTom]

Establish own hat museums

This call is valid for all good panama hatters besides Panamabob/Art Fawcett.
I am glad that the favourite hat of Art has been photographed.

Brent Black,
Milton Johnson
Gus Miller
Pauls Hatworks
Graham Thomson
Gary White
Etc.

None of these masters has a hall of fame that is dedicated to their legacy Montecristis!

Were the Lozuk hats of Milton Johnson all photographed?

Where are the 5-10K+ hats photographed?

And yes with the top qualities the prices should be set up in a way to allow time and money to make a decent photo session before the ARTWORK leaves premises. This is not only marketing and trading tool it is the honouring of the own arts.

This is why this thread is a breath of fresh air.

 

[rgraham]

What the heck, here are some more shots I didn't have time to post last night.

<a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/?action=view&current=HPIM4162.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/HPIM4162.jpg" border="0" alt="PANAMA EIGHT"></a>

<a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/?action=view&current=HPIM4172.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/HPIM4172.jpg" border="0" alt="PANAMA NINE"></a>

<a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/?action=view&current=HPIM4164-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/HPIM4164-1.jpg" border="0" alt="PANAMA THIRTEEN"></a>

<a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/?action=view&current=HPIM4153.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/HPIM4153.jpg" border="0" alt="PANAMA ELEVEN"></a>

<a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/?action=view&current=HPIM4158.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o423/rgraham_album/HPIM4158.jpg" border="0" alt="PANAMA TWELVE"></a>

 

[cookie]

This hat has a what WPSI ? 1200? This is the finest Panama weave I have seen on the FL and in a cowboy hat to boot ...

What did your friend pay for said hat FWIW? The reverse shot with the sun coming through looks like a Milky Way with the pinholes like distant stars in the galaxy...

 

[rgraham]

What did your friend pay for said hat FWIW? The reverse shot with the sun coming through looks like a Milky Way with the pinholes like distant stars in the galaxy...

That is not for me to say. I will say, it did not come cheap.

I like that shot too.