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Another alternative to summer straws- CORK FEDORA!

Rick Blaine

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Would you? whatta ya' think? I think I might have to get one. I wonder how they do in the rain... real pith helmets are essentially the same thing, between two layers of linen, right?
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Edward

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I don't imagine it would take a knock well... (much like a pith helmet or a boater, I suppose). I'd have thought it could be okay in rain, though - isn't the point of a pith that you can soak it in cold water to help keep cool, and it driesout only gradually? Or are they treated with something first?
 

RBH

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Joao Encarnado

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It's harvested from the bark of the cork oak, but the tree is not killed. A cork oak can produce about every 9 years, and will live for around 200 years. It's a very sustainable product.

Alentejo in Portugal is filled with those trees. We are one of the major cork producers.
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