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In my opinion steam will not help the straw. I would think that what is lost over time is the natural oils of the straw.
In my opinion steam will not help the straw. I would think that what is lost over time is the natural oils of the straw.
Went out shopping in the San Diego area yesterday and came upon the Village Hat Shop. THe ladies inside were clueless and their customer service was laughable. Every decent hat had to be reached with a pole and you could tell they were not in the mood to be asked for hat after hat. Regardless I did find a nice little Stetson that I had never heard of. It is a discontinued style and I did get a discount after haggling with the saleswoman a little bit. I have some questions for you Panama experts though. What weave is this? What part of Equador do you believe it came from? Also I would like a rouigh grade idea.Thanks
...I can't help but believe that most places in Virginia would be humid enough to keep them in good condition. But only having visited, I'm just guessing
I'm going to Singapore in less than a month.
I'll be taking my Panama hat with me.
I'm curious to know, does rain/water harm Panama straw? Like if I'm suddenly caught out in a tropical monsoon without an umbrella (a likely occurrence in a country like Singapore), is my hat likely to be ruined? Stained? Lose its shape? Become a lump of slosh like newspaper? Or is the hat designed to deal with water like this?
I would pick up a Akubra Capricorn they are a poly straw hat and do well in any kind of weather.
Akubra-Capricorn-Review
Poly meaning plastic, not panama straw (paja toquilla).
Rain won't ruin the hat, but it will certainly take the blocking out, unless heavily lacquered.
... I wanted to upload a pic, but for some reason I'm getting an 'undefined' error.
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Sold at A Baker & Sons - Nassau, The Bahamas, an ongoing concern I may add. Although this looks to have a bit of age on it anyway. A little thick & woody, but I have now, with nominal success recreased it into a fedora. I haven't got the brim quite as I would have it, yet, or I'd post an after photo.
I DO particularly like the bound brim.
I merely ask because the hat will be my mainstay while in Singapore. And Singapore weather can be somewhat unpredictable. Granted, there is a "dry" and "rainy" season (in a manner of speaking), massive monsoonal downpours can happen at the drop of a hat, with next to no warning. So I just want to make sure that if I should get a Panama wet, it's not a lost cause from the get-go. Like, if I dry it out properly, will that ensure its survival, etc?