GTDean-just for giggles, I googled perfection measured objectively and got the attached article. It appears there are infinite ways to determine what perfection is based on how you measure it (which will change with each person), much like many of the responses to this thread have already stated. It's like my torts professor said, if you change the facts, you change the outcome. Without know what the OP is really trying to look for in his measure of a perfect fur felt hat, we can never answer his questions. So, good on you for your challenge.
http://www.bushido-kai.net/articles/MeasuringOnesGoalofPerfection.pdf
My ignore list grows & grows...
My ignore list grows & grows...
I dó ´associate´ with this population; when I get down to the village I will probably be drinking a cup of coffee with one or two pensioned Brit Panama hat wearers. Those guys themselves are great people and great fun too.
The crux is that their style is a shot in both feet of ány fashionable flair. The association with their ´stýle´, is the thing I want to avoid.
If you will overlook that gaffe, allow me to say that this only emphasizes my point: because of your mental association of a Panama hat with this image of the Brit pensioner, you don't value that style of hat regardless of its quality. Therefore, "objective" metrics of quality are meaningless to you.
I am beginning to think this thread was written by Abbot and Costello in a paean to Who's On First.
And in just 40 odd posts. I wonder how many posts it took for me to make your list.My ignore list grows & grows...
And in just 40 odd posts. I wonder how many posts it took for me to make your list.
Would a handmade Milan straw work instead of a Panama.
Would a handmade Milan straw work instead of a Panama.
Btw, just on a side note for the sake of orientation; is ´Panama´ the hat equivalent of ´Rolex Sub´ on watch fora?
Which version of the Rolex "Submariner" wristwatch are you referring to?
I like the one worn by Sean Connery in "Dr. No" (or was it the awesome Ursula Andress in her bikini exiting the water that made this particular James Bond movie so memorable?)
I think that the fear of being mistaken for a member of a certain group by wearing just one component of their ensemble is an acute overreaction. Particularly when that component has been worn by a myriad of people worldwide for over a century. My neighborhood is awash with rappers ( Fiddy, Diddy, et al.) but it doesn't stop me from wearing a ball cap.