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Panama Bob hat blocked by Art Fawcett
Do what I did and take a trip to Hawaii. Panama weather year round.Man, you guys are just killing me with these great Panamas. Come on Summer!
Dear Fellow Loungers,
What is a reasonable price to pay for a higher end Montecristi? No, $25K is not an option but what is a realistic price (for the 99% of us) for a high quality one with a consistent weave and has >1000+ wpi. What would one expect to pay in Ecuador versus the US? I just don't want to be striving for one that may never be. . . Any advice would be tremendously appreciated!
Montecristi Panama 26x28 weave count (700-800 wpsi), blocked by Art Fawcett
Teardrop with spine line at the crown roof, 13 ligne black ribbon. Brim is 2.5" front and back, 2 3/4" at the sides.
Other pics in the Hall of Fame thread:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...Hall-of-Fame&p=1411836&viewfull=1#post1411836
A wonderful piece of work - thank you, Art!
What is the crown height on this panama and the ribbon width?
I don't don't know if it is just the way the photo shows it...but, I like the proportion of ribbon to the crown height.
I think you are right about this with the caveat that there are always deals out there.Not sure if this is still valid, but I made an empirical ratio of $100 for 100WSPI, $500=500WPSI, $1000=1000 etc...
Not sure if this is still valid, but I made an empirical ratio of $100 for 100WSPI, $500=500WPSI, $1000=1000 etc...
Mystic, the creased crown height is 4 1/4" - 4 3/4" - 3 1/2" (front - sides - back). Open crown it's most likely 5.5".
The ribbon is 13 ligne (2.9cm or 1 1/8").
It's a matter of opinion which ribbon width will work, but as a rule of thumb:
Classic designs on the finer Montecristi Panamas often have a black ribbon of just this width (12-14 ligne range).
16 ligne (3.6cm or a tad wider than 1 3/8") is not rare either and looks very good, too, although this is where it begins to look comparatively wide for a high count Montecristi. Go wider than that and it has proportions that are mostly associated with felt hats (leaving Boaters and some other styles aside).
10 ligne (2.2cm or 7/8"), on the other hand, looks good but definitely thin, and 8 ligne (1.8cm or less than 3/4") is more suitable for women's Panamas.
Thanks.....well, now I know what a Ligne is.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne
silly me for assumeing that it had something to do with the number of ridges per square inch of ribbon or something to do with lenght of ribbon.........lol....:redface:
What is the crown height on this panama and the ribbon width?
I don't don't know if it is just the way the photo shows it...but, I like the proportion of ribbon to the crown height.