Allenworsham
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Awhile back I posted photos of an old 1940's-1950's Panama that belonged to my Grandfather who passed away in 1959. Here is the link to the original thread:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?81310-Repairing-a-1940-s-50-s-Panama-with-wavy-brim
I was advised to get in contact with Tom Gomez who makes and restores some very nice hats both Pananmas and Felts. Here is the link to Tom's site:
http://www.gomezhatcompany.com/
I contacted Tom and found that he lives about 30 minutes from me, so my wife and I drove over and spent about 90 minutes with Tom getting a good education from him and then leaving the Panama to have him completely rebuild it. On Wednesday my wife and I dropped by his shop and picked up the rebuilt Panama and I am thrilled with the work that Tom did on it. Tom re-blocked the hat back to its original design and configuration. He replaced the original cracked and worn sweatband with a new sheep leather band. He also stamped my Grandfather's initials (HW for Herbert Worsham) into the band as well, which was a really nice touch. Tom had some of the exact same type of ribbon that had originally been on the hat so it looks just like it did back in the 1940's-1950's. He had the ribbon in both dark blue and black. The original ribbon on the hat had been dark blue, but I liked the black better for my taste.
Tom is a great guy and artisan and does some amazing work with both Panama and Felt hats.
Here are a couple of pics of the completed hat.
With our warm weather here in So. Calif. I have been wearing since I picked it up and it will see a lot of use.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?81310-Repairing-a-1940-s-50-s-Panama-with-wavy-brim
I was advised to get in contact with Tom Gomez who makes and restores some very nice hats both Pananmas and Felts. Here is the link to Tom's site:
http://www.gomezhatcompany.com/
I contacted Tom and found that he lives about 30 minutes from me, so my wife and I drove over and spent about 90 minutes with Tom getting a good education from him and then leaving the Panama to have him completely rebuild it. On Wednesday my wife and I dropped by his shop and picked up the rebuilt Panama and I am thrilled with the work that Tom did on it. Tom re-blocked the hat back to its original design and configuration. He replaced the original cracked and worn sweatband with a new sheep leather band. He also stamped my Grandfather's initials (HW for Herbert Worsham) into the band as well, which was a really nice touch. Tom had some of the exact same type of ribbon that had originally been on the hat so it looks just like it did back in the 1940's-1950's. He had the ribbon in both dark blue and black. The original ribbon on the hat had been dark blue, but I liked the black better for my taste.
Tom is a great guy and artisan and does some amazing work with both Panama and Felt hats.
Here are a couple of pics of the completed hat.
With our warm weather here in So. Calif. I have been wearing since I picked it up and it will see a lot of use.
