Daniele Tanto
I'll Lock Up
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Hats of this fine a weave are exceedingly few and far between. I own quite a few good vintage panama hats but none are this fine. I have handled a number of hats at Optimo in Chicago in the 2K to 5K price range - I do not believe any were woven with 40x40 crossings per inch.
While I love finely woven straw hats I find my expectation of them to be much like white wine... refreshing but not something to spend a lot of money on. Straw hats receive abuse from handling and hot weather perspiration such that they should be expected to be consumed in the wearing. A very expensive straw would inhibit my enjoyment of warm weather hat wearing which has helped restrain me from purchasing one... a good thing as restraint is not one of my better qualities.
Alan I agree with white wines
Seriously you expressed in a full way my thoughts about straw hats.