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Thanks for the info. I can't open the pics
I've been to their showroom in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They trend toward the new "hip" in many ways, but still offer basic standards, and higher end Montecristi hats in their Don Belisario line.Anyone familiar with the Ecua Andino Panama hats?
TESI BAKU STRAW
Does anyone know anything about the Tesi Baku straw hats for sale by Bencraft?
Because of this post I snapped up this 1950s (I think) Ecuadorian Supernatural Milan I ran across. I am in que for a Milan from Art Fawcett. It will be interesting to compare vintage and new Milan.Elias Israel was selling straw hats in NYC in 1902, perhaps earlier. He registered the trademark "Supernatural" in 1921. The Ecuadorian Panama Hat Company was a steady source for some of the nicest Montecristi, milan and leghorn woven straw hats during the first half of the 20th century. This example is no exception - a quality weave of approximately 700 wpi in the optimo or classic form, 5" crown, 2 3/4" brim. Mint condition. It is too large for me at 7 1/2 so I have listed it for sale in the classifieds.
Because of this post I snapped up this 1950s (I think) Ecuadorian Supernatural Milan I ran across. I am in que for a Milan from Art Fawcett. It will be interesting to compare vintage and new Milan.
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I would actually like to recant my 'like' because you said it's 63 degrees. Jealousy at it's finest.Arrived today. It’s a frigid 63 degrees here in California so it’s time to start thinking about straw.
This will need some steam and some shaping, but it meets all my criteria for a Panama hat:
Open weave so it breathes well
Leather sweatband
Cheap so it won’t ruin my day when I loose or damage it.
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Huber's Men's shop from Bellefontaine. That's all I can tell you about it really. No labels or anything in the hat.
Thanks, Bob. I best not muck around with it anymore and do more harm than good. It's now in the right panama-hat mode: not too new and not too disheveled either.Good get and refurb Stefan! Pretty sure that was a Byer-Rolnick/Resistol made hat based on the sweat embossing.
Because of this post I snapped up this 1950s (I think) Ecuadorian Supernatural Milan I ran across. I am in que for a Milan from Art Fawcett. It will be interesting to compare vintage and new Milan.
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That's funny, I'm not related to that company at all. I just wanted to hear some opinions but as I see no one has any.
I would not buy from a company that changes prices with every correspondence.
I have purchased from Ecua Andina and Homero Ortega, but only while in Ecuador and in their respective shops.
Many of the ebay companies I have looked at try to sell Cuenca made hats for too much money by incorrectly labeling them as high weave count Montecristi hats... or selling sub-fino hats as fino or fino fino.