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The brim on this one is a real statment, love it.Hey all!
This Dobbs "Sunbrero" with a Western flair was made right around 1960, give or take a year. At 65g, the unknown straw type rivals my Parabuntal in weight, with an open weave perfect for this warm summer day.
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The cap is made by our member Keith Lo Bue. He describes the fabric as hand woven hemp straw:
"The hemp is grown by the Hmong tribeswomen, dried, and the hemp fiber stripped from the stem and pounded, boiled, spun and coated with wax before it can be strung on an old wooden loom and woven into the finished product. All year around the tribeswomen can be seen with hemp fibers wound around their hands, using what spare time they have to connect the separate fibers to make one use-able thread."
The boater is made from braided straw plaits that are attached together in some fashion... I assume sewn. Much like a milan but finer and stiffer.
Both are super clean examples of Alan Style! Love the Knox logo on the boater, beautiful.
You make turn of the last century look cool Justin!This tried and true 1900s Stetson no.1
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I spy a tri star pin!! Yay!Akubra Fed IV in Moonstone
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