So far so good.

There will be only one fineness level this time. No FEDEX.

Price will be around $200.00 blocked, 175.00 unblocked.

The ol' weaver is up to it again, she says. Email me for some photos and to talk about height, brim, fineness...etc.

info@panamahat.biz

Cuenca hats are still hand woven. They use a double paja (brisa) style that makes a hat that would take a couple of weeks in Montecristi (llano) take a couple of hours. Thusly, the hat is just a few dollars, rather than $$. They are woven with the same paja from the coast, bleached with wet chemical...

I have hats worth thousands of dollars that I trust to international mail biweekly. Don't be chickens.

Now is that 100% Beaver only $225.00?

This is a joke, for those of you who don't know my humor.


Steve, how about Gladderhatter.

84 year old Montecristi, soft, supple, nary a crack. http://alpacagoods.com/84yearsold.JPG We have a local cobbler who is willing to put eyelets in the hats if wanted. Remember, you bought your Montecristi from Casey. Casey believes one man is blocking his hats while I know for a fact another man is...

A closer photo of a museum quality Montecristi.

Unlike a beaver, you can be 100% guaranteed of the genuiness and material used in a Montecristi. STETSON and Montecristi Comparison *NO COMPARISON* Machine blocked, glue starched CUENCA Stetson 180 weaves per square inch http://panamahat.net/MVC-007S_edited.JPG Unblocked (on its way to a nice shape)...

Unfortunately, wore a straw on the coast and a chullo in the mountains...cold!

How about I smuggle some Cubans up from Ecuador????? Probably not, but it is a thought.