barrowjh
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Plymouth Panama
I won this Panama this past Thursday on da' bay, it is a llano weave Montecristi:
Brim is 2 1/2 inches with a nicely done backweave; crown (as shaped) 5 inches at the highest points. WPSI is about 450 in the side of the crown (19x24) and 500 out in the middle of the brim (22x23) measured in several places, very consistent weave, nicely woven. Figure a seller would claim it as a 500 wpsi.
Seller got it here in two days flat (won Thursday, arrived in Maryville TN Saturday, KC to TN). The sweatband is backed all around by the oilskin (early plastic) liner to prevent sweat-through, a quality marker used in the late 1940s - mid 1950s or thereabouts.
Here's a photo with incandescent light added:
happy me
I needed a hat like this, fills a niche that might allow me to now part with another vintage hat just as nice that is just a tad too big.
I won this Panama this past Thursday on da' bay, it is a llano weave Montecristi:
Brim is 2 1/2 inches with a nicely done backweave; crown (as shaped) 5 inches at the highest points. WPSI is about 450 in the side of the crown (19x24) and 500 out in the middle of the brim (22x23) measured in several places, very consistent weave, nicely woven. Figure a seller would claim it as a 500 wpsi.
Seller got it here in two days flat (won Thursday, arrived in Maryville TN Saturday, KC to TN). The sweatband is backed all around by the oilskin (early plastic) liner to prevent sweat-through, a quality marker used in the late 1940s - mid 1950s or thereabouts.
Here's a photo with incandescent light added:
happy me
I needed a hat like this, fills a niche that might allow me to now part with another vintage hat just as nice that is just a tad too big.
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