Matthew
New in Town
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I was looking around at some various Panama fedoras,
...And I noticed that it was near impossible to find a low, teardrop Panama fedora that had a brim 2 1/8", 2 1/4", or 2 3/8" inches.
Now, I know this is likely to be the case because a Panama brim <i>should</i> be rather wide due to the utility of the hat blocking the sun - yet as some of you know from my testimony - any fedora I own having a 2 3/8" inch brim or larger looks like a praire/sombrero hat on me, and thus might as well be 4" or greater.
First, are there any (non-custom made) Panama fedoras out there that have lower, teardrop shaped crowns, and have brims that are <2 3/8" inches?
If not, I was wondering if it is possible to <b> trim </b> a Panama hat in the same way a felt fedora could be trimmed. I have no experience with straw hats, and I was thinking that the hat would begin to fray if trimmed.
(sorry if this has been addressed in the past - I could not find any other threads that addressed this topic.
Thanks for the help,
M
...And I noticed that it was near impossible to find a low, teardrop Panama fedora that had a brim 2 1/8", 2 1/4", or 2 3/8" inches.
Now, I know this is likely to be the case because a Panama brim <i>should</i> be rather wide due to the utility of the hat blocking the sun - yet as some of you know from my testimony - any fedora I own having a 2 3/8" inch brim or larger looks like a praire/sombrero hat on me, and thus might as well be 4" or greater.
First, are there any (non-custom made) Panama fedoras out there that have lower, teardrop shaped crowns, and have brims that are <2 3/8" inches?
If not, I was wondering if it is possible to <b> trim </b> a Panama hat in the same way a felt fedora could be trimmed. I have no experience with straw hats, and I was thinking that the hat would begin to fray if trimmed.
(sorry if this has been addressed in the past - I could not find any other threads that addressed this topic.
Thanks for the help,
M