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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Silverbelly Optimo Park Avenue. It has a 2 3/4 inch brim, which is wider than that on the Optimo Manhattans (2 1/2 inches.) It also has a slightly taller crown, for proportion, I suppose.
I hide it inside my jacket when it's raining, because I wore it in slight rain the day I bought it in Chicago, and it got a couple of stains it was hard to get rid of.

This was my first good hat, and I didn't know what the fit was supposed to feel like, so at the time I got it in 58.25 cm., and it was a little tight after a couple of hours. I ordered my next Optimo at 58.5, and the next at 58.75, which is perfect for me. That means that 7 1/4 is too tight and 7 3/8 is too loose.
It took a while to stretch this Silverbelly, because it kept shrinking back.
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A panama weave boater that took a nasty fall some years back on my watch. Battle scars are part of life.

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I hadn't seen that square center weave on the crown before. I like how it gradually becomes a circle. Is that because it is easier to keep a flat top for a boater that way, Alan? And another question: if the weave is too fine, it is harder for the brim to be flat, correct? Or does a flat brim on a Panama have to have a stiffener anyway?

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I hadn't seen that square center weave on the crown before. I like how it slowly becomes a circle. Is that because it is easier to keep a flat top for a boater that way, Alan? And another question: if the weave is too fine, it is harder for the brim to be flat, correct? Or does a flat brim on a Panama have to have a stiffener anyway?

I don't know the answer to those questions on weaving. Buntal hats also begin with a box at the center of the crown. There is definitely a stiffening agent employed in the forming of a woven boater.
 
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Rain, rain, rain every day in Mexico City.

Silverbelly Optimo Park Avenue. It has a 2 3/4 inch brim, which is wider than that on the Optimo Manhattans (2 1/2 inches.) It also has a slightly taller crown, for proportion, I suppose.
I hide it inside my jacket when it's raining, because I wore it in slight rain the day I bought it in Chicago, and it got a couple of stains it was hard to get rid of.

This was my first good hat, and I didn't know what the fit was supposed to feel like, so at the time I got it in 58.25 cm., and it was a little tight after a couple of hours. I ordered my next Optimo at 58.5, and the next at 58.75, which is perfect for me. That means that 7 1/4 is too tight and 7 3/8 is too loose.
It took a while to stretch this Silverbelly, because it kept shrinking back.
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I have a thing for the bigger proportions and this hat looks great on you. Such a classic hat in shape and colors.
 
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I love this one, Steve... going to go out on a palm frond and guess Panama. I have a similar one that I will be posting momentarily.
Alan, Thank you. I saw your fantastic Panama Boater and it has a somewhat similar square like start and a finer weave. The Ecuador Panamas I checked have circular starts. I was thinking possibly Colombia. I seem to recall seeing some Colombian straws with square like starts (will see if I can find any examples). My friend that owns a hat store in Germany was thinking possibly Japan but they don't appear to be paper straw (they may have used other straw types). I believe there a examples here of Japan Panamas.

This old Mayser Mills & Cie. Straw Table shows different (Ecuador, Colombia, Japan) Panama types but unfortunately not the best photos.

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Ecuador and Colombian Echter / Genuine Panama

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Paper Panama Japan

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Early morning meeting found me wearing an inky blue vtg. Stetson Royal DeLuxe St.Regis homburg. I "casualed-up" the hat by putting some side-dents in the crown. The felt is grand and takes whatever detailed dent I would like to choose.

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This hat is eye catching in its inky blue hues. As you can tell from my pics below it is hard to capture the hue. The under-brim shot is the most accurate.

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I have learned that blue hats matter. Best, Eric -
 
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