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Very nice Bill. That ribbon is killer. I'm definitely going to have to put a Panama from Northwest on my ever growing wanted hats list. You advertise very well.
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I am in discussion with Mike now on the ribbon choice. Panama is complete just the ribbon to finish it off.
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I love this hat, Bill. Is it crass to ask what such a hat costs? I know his Panama hats start at $185, but this certainly isn’t a starting price hat!
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Great question. I have found Mike to be most generous and he includes a lot of extras in his quoted price that other hatters charge out as extras.
Bill Hughes
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He charges $300 for these. He calls them fancy weaves.
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Mike just sent me this pic of my new Panama
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Gotta get me one of those fancy weaves.
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The hat is on its way...we have had a terrible spring and an equally bad beginning to summer so I hope to get sun sometime soon so I can wear the damn thing seeing as I cannot travel south to find the sun.
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HI
I don't commonly wear panama's in the rain, but will that ribbon stain the hat?
Thanks
I don't commonly wear panama's in the rain, but will that ribbon stain the hat?
Thanks
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I really like this one. The ideas keep on flowing!
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I have yet to get a Panama wet in the rain BUT I do sweat and on many occasions have sweated through the leather, through the straw and drenched the ribbon. I now have ribbons with visible sweat stains on them but never has the colour bled back into the straw.
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Thanks, I have several tan felts that I've sweat through. I am keeping my first bone colored Buckaroo Hat more pristine that the other hats I own. I was thinking that blue and white would be an annoying combination.
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Red would be worse as it would turn the hat pink.....like my underwear washed with red socks.
Just wearing such a fine hat will bring sunshine into your life.
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Hi, BB. On my screen both your and Jonesy's ribbons look blue, which is a color I like for a Panama. Are they blue or black?
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Mine is what Mike calls a bright navy blue. I initially wanted a French or Grey blue but Mike showed me this brighter/darker blue that he thought worked better and I agreed the contrast worked much better.
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Very, very nice.
I think mine is the French Blue, but I’m not sure.
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