A pretty good Montecristi Panama hat video

[Panamabob]

Pablo Franco is a good man. Many of the members here wear his hats.

[video=youtube;DAjZ2cnqu9A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAjZ2cnqu9A[/video]

 

[DougC]

What a hands-on process!

 

[randooch]

Those were 19:11 of the best-spent minutes in my recent memory! Thanks so much for posting the video, panamabob. I'll never gaze at a well-made straw hat again in quite the same way.

 

[fedoralover]

Wow, I was familiar with the process of making one, but this detailed video was fascinating to watch. Thanks Robert. What really gets me is that sometime a long time ago someone thought all these processes up. There must of been a lot of trial and error along the way until it was perfected.

fedoralover

 

[daizawaguy]

Great video. I feel proud to have a few of these in my procession. Thanks Bob

 

[Mario]

Wow, I was familiar with the process of making one, but this detailed video was fascinating to watch. Thanks Robert. What really gets me is that sometime a long time ago someone thought all these processes up. There must of been a lot of trial and error along the way until it was perfected.

fedoralover

Exactly my thinking. The older I get the more I admire those crafts and this video only helps to increase my admiration even further. I'm awe-struck by the complexity of the process. Thanks for sharing the vid.

 

[carouselvic]

I could smell the sulfur.

 

[Aureliano]

Can someone repost the link?

 

[carouselvic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAjZ2cnqu9A&feature=player_embedded

 

[fluteplayer07]

That was an awesome video; thanks for sharing! That must be uncomfortable, leaning over those wood blocks like that every day.

 

[barrowjh]

Thanks Robert - really nice video, demonstrates the many layers of value-add before they leave Ecuador.

 

[wing-nut]

They beat the crud out of those things! I just hope that this isn't one of the last evidences of a dying art.

 

[RBH]

Thanks Robert.

 

[Razzman]

Great Video Robert, thank you! It was most interesting and informative.

 

[Aureliano]

Great video. Thanks for posting it.