Vintage Optimo Super Fino Montecristi 7 1/8-1/4

[bond]

Super nice vintage Montecristi in the Optimo style. Size is approx 22 5/8 around sweatband .
Brim is 2 3/8. Weave is incredibly fine, even and consistent through out the hat. Blocking is also very nice and crisp. This is really a magnificent hat as far as the weave goes and is like a finely woven fabric . Open crown ht. is approx 5 1/2. Could be sized accordingly if you wanted to make slightly larger fit.
Asking 795./ OBO comes with original hat box

 

[RJR]

Wow!Very nice.

 

[bond]

Bump 749. I wonder if it's humanly possible to weave a hat finer than this?
Have a feeling if this one were in a retail store it would have sold for thousands. No?

 

[hatsRme]

Wow-ZA, Scott! Obviously somebody's special hat, so well cared for. Worth every penny!

 

[Rabbit]

I counted 37x37 or 38x37, which puts it in the 1400 wpsi range. The even weave and color further adds to the value. Added to that, high count Montecristi hats with similar horizontal and vertical weave count are not at all common. Usually the vertical weave is a larger number.
I would say if you bought this at the usual best addresses to buy Panamas (where you get fair prices), it would be a real deal at $1600 or more.

This is a steal and a very special hat.

 

[alanfgag]

It is a beautiful hat.

 

[Rogera]

Takes the breath away!

 

[bond]

Bump 695.
Thanks for the comments guys.
Nik thanks for taking time to count the wpi

 

[Strapped-4-Cache]

Scott, that's a beautiful hat. I don't have the funds for it, but want to echo others in saying that it's worth more than what you're asking.

My youngest did a number on one of my best straws in the middle of a tantrum, so it's unlikely that anything that fine will ever find its way in our home.

 

[LuvMyMan]

The hat is a wonderful, pure beauty. If it were a 7 1/2 I think I'd have had to leap on it for Daniel. Of course, I would have had to rob the piggy bank first...but for what that wonderful hat is worth as to be compared to your asking price....how much sweeter could it get?

Someone is going to luck out to own it.

 

[stmike]

Bump 749. I wonder if it's humanly possible to weave a hat finer than this?

Well since you asked, I found this great article - a really good read! Don't know whether it's been posted here before; I looked but didn't find it.
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...-worlds-finest-panama-hat-but-who-will-buy-it

 

[bond]

Fantastic .Really puts this hat in proper perspective with the masterpiece spoken of in article.
Thanks for posting

 

[bond]

Bump 595.

 

[bond]

Bump 495.

 

[bond]

Bump 395.

 

[Ormazd]

Unbelievable. I wish it was a 3/8, Scott.

 

[bond]

And I wish it were a 1/2!
SOLD!

 

[Ormazd]

Congrats. Someone is very lucky.