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    How properly to recalculate my hat size due to new presence of hair?

    Thanks for the feedback, The Lost Cowboy. In response to that quotation, these questions come to mind: 1) how, exactly, would I "maintain the hair at a certain length?" If I am simply using my eyes to guess how bulky my hair has become at any given moment, that doesn't seem very scientific...
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    How properly to recalculate my hat size due to new presence of hair?

    Usually, I would shave my head completely bald, because I think that looks best for me. Therefore, I would calculate my hat size based on the premise that I have no hair. When I have no hair, and when I try to measure my head's circumference with a cloth tape measure, the measurement appeared...
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    Recommendations for a hatter who can service my Panama Hat?

    I have a Panama hat which I bought from PHD which needs to be cleaned and reblocked and to have the sweatband replaced. I could send it back to PHD in order to do this, but then they would replace it with another one of the mediocre sweatbands that they always use, and I'd rather have it...
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    Brim Width and Head Size

    Well, the hatter agreed to change my brim size to 3 1/4" for my upcoming Milan hat. Although I'm a little worried in the event I am unable to make that look work with my skinny stature, but I am trying to take the word of the gents here who told me it won't matter and that I can indeed make it...
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    hats in the heat : with or without liner ?

    I think for my straw hats it's probably better for me to wear liners inside of them for two purposes: 1) to prevent sweat stains from reach the straw and 2) to prevent UV light from penetrating through the straw and onto my head. Maybe for people with hair that is not such a big deal, but for...
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    Brim Width and Head Size

    Wellema. I found him last Summer after a recommendation from this forum, and I had an order placed at that time, but he ended up being unable to get more supply of the straw to fulfill my order, so he had to cancel it and he gave me my deposit back. He seems to have stopped taking Milan orders...
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    Brim Width and Head Size

    I finally found a hatter who seems to be able to make me a Milan hat this season. However, he only offers it with two possible brim sizes, and he cannot deviate from those sizes on this type of hat. The brim sizes he offers are 2 5/8" or 3 1/4". If I had my choice, then I would choose a brim...
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    Panama Hat Thread

    They will once the glue comes undone that is causing the ends of the bow to stay attached to the rest of the ribbon. That's what happened to my first hat from them, which had a glued ribbon.
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Would it be possible for a hatter to make a sweatband that never needs to be replaced? If so, what would be the means by which that could happen?
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    Questions: The lowdown on Palm Leaf hats...

    So if a hatter was offering a high quality Palm Leaf hat which is better than most other Palm Leaf hats, then what would be the method by which the potential customer would be able to determine that they are actually & for sure buying a higher quality Palm Leaf hat? Also, how is one to know...
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    Questions: The lowdown on Palm Leaf hats...

    How does one determine what is a good amount of "fineness" in a Palf Leaf hat? With Panama hats I can determine their quality, to some extent, by their WPI count. Is there an equivalent type of measurement to the WPI measurement that is done with Panama hats, to determine the quality of a Palm...
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    Questions: The lowdown on Palm Leaf hats...

    Are Palm Leaf straw hats good or bad? If they are good, then how good are they? Are they better or worse than Panama hats? Do you own any Palm Leaf straw hats? If so, do you like them? Are they any advantages or disadvantages when it comes to the choice to wear a Panama versus wearing a Palm...
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    Panama Hat Thread

    I agree with that. And another knock may be that they feel really stiff and hard, whereas I've read commentary on other hatters' websites that Panama hats are supposed to feel soft and supple. However, Panama Hats Direct also addresses this point on their website (or they did at one point)...
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    Panama Hat Thread

    Panama Hats Direct glue the hat bands, and the glue sucks. It comes undone after a while, and the bow therefore becomes detached from the rest of the ribbon and makes the ribbon and hat look terrible when that happens. However, I also bought another hat from them last Summer, and I requested...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    I was browsing around the websites of many custom hatters who are recommended by members here. And I noticed a recurring pattern in that most of their websites are terrible. The biggest problem is that their websites generally have very few photos of their hats. Sometimes they don't even have...
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    Sweat stains on ribbons ,,,,,,

    In addition to the mystery of my dark colored ribbons never acquiring visible sweat stains, another question has cropped up as a result of this thread. I asked a hatter if he could convert some of the ribbons that he has on hand to puggarees, but he wasn't willing or able to do that. Would any...
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    Sweat stains on ribbons ,,,,,,

    But if that is so, then why have I been able to wear many different hats which I've sweat in a lot, but yet on the ones with dark ribbons, the sweat stains have never been visible for me? But in very strong contrast to that, the sweat stains sure are very prominent and highly visible on the one...
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    Sweat stains on ribbons ,,,,,,

    I am currently in discussions with a good hatter about what ribbon I might want to get on a new hat, and he told me that sweat stains can also become visible on dark ribbons just the same as they can on light ribbons. But, that statement confuses me since my personal experience is not...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    I found an old post from the year 2013 which used to have photos inside of that post. I wanted to download a copy of those photos in order to send them to a hatter so that I could ask him if it would be possible for him to make me a Silverbelly hat which he could guarantee would not have flaws...
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    Sweat stains on ribbons ,,,,,,

    I had never heard of puggaree ribbons before making this thread, but I am glad you gents mentioned them so that I now have the knowledge that they exist and know to consider them. Do puggaree ribbons come in different qualities of ribbon materials, like normal ribbons do (with modern ribbons...

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