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How do you determine what brim size you should select?
Well this is a difficult question for me to answer because a lot depends on your personal taste
and where you live.

For example if you are in Texas you could easily get away with wearing a 4 " brim
and you would fit right in.

but if you were in Down Town New York City then a standard size brim would fit in much better,
based on the community.

But Of course also factored in this is your personal taste
As well as your personal body build and character.
All of which i am not able to answer for you,

but generally the larger the person is the larger the brim can be and still look in proportion.

How large or how small .... Well you would have to take into consideration the other factors
mentioned earlier to determine that.

So sorry i couldn't be of much more help on that

but also keep in mind that wider brims tend to look more western
Shorter brims look more Fedora style and more city style.

The brim can change the look quite a bit so give it some consideration
and if you are thinking of a large brim error on the conservative side
a little short rather then a little larger.

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The standard size brim is between 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 and sometimes can reach as much as 2 7/8". This apply's to all Montecristi hat models so if you order a plantation with a standard brim will be very similar to a fedora #1 because what makes that hat different is the larger brim.

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Cuenca hats have a 2" - as much as 3" on occasion but they are not really something we can custom make for you they are pre built mass produced hats so we can only take from what is currently available. If you have a preference let us know.

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Yes Just add a comment in the comments box at the end of the checkout. Please give us a range to work within such as 2.6" to 2.8" that way we can fill your order as fast as passable. Shorter then standard brims may cause delays in filling your order but it helps if we have a an acceptable range to work within.

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Generally we need some time to finish an order before it is ready to ship. Once we have completed your order we will use the method you selected at checkout to ship it.

When your hat will be ready to ship is a hard question to answer until we look at your order specifically, because their are so many factors involved it is hard to give a general answer.

If we have your hat in stock it will ship in a couple days.
If we do not have it in stock we need to Block one up for you.
If for some reason we do not have the grade of weave you need in order to block then we need to go and find a hat body that will work for you. It is faster if we find it among our stock of unfinished hat bodies but if not it gets a little harder we need to in the countryside to the weavers and look for a weaver that is finishing something we can use for your order, Perhaps we can find someone that has ben weaving for a while on a hat body and we just need to have him finish it off to your specifications

If we do not find a weaver already working and a hat that will work for your order then we need to assign a weaver to weave a hat specifically for you.

Depending on the grade of weave you selected the weaver may take from 4 weeks to 2 months for hats up to fino fino. (PS>special reserve hats take longer to weave)

In sort If you need your hat by a particular date please add a comment in the comments box when you place your order and we will rush it if needed, Or Make some other arrangement with you.

I would suggest that you take a look at the video on the hat weaving process if you haven't seen it already to understand this process better at:

http://www.panamahatsdirect.com/tour/

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Shipping time depends on what method you selected when you checked out We offer 2 main methods Standard Mail And Express mail.

Standard mail: 10-12 business days

Express mail: 5 business days On average
We have seen cases that it takes longer then 5 days. This is not a guaranteed delivery time frame if it dose take longer the post office will not refund any shipping so it is better to plan on it taking a little longer.

We will email you a notice when we ship so you can be watching for it.

Also keep in mind that this is a selected delevery option it is not the time frame in which you should expect delevery since we need varing amounts of time to get it ready to ship depending on yor order, each order is diferant, so once we have your hat redy to ship we will use whatever method of shipping you selected at checkout.

RUSH ORDERS:

Yes! we can rush your order if you need your hat in a special hurry for some reason then let us know we will be able to place your order ahead of other orders in order to ship it faster. on some occasions we are Even able to ship the same day, but it is a lot of extra work for us to pay special attention to one rush order and perhaps make a special shipping run to the post office to ship one package so we may ask for some compensation for this extra work in some cases.

When you do want to rush an order you will need to let us know by adding a comment in the comments section of the order checkout and as well you really should call us after placing your order and speak to us directly to be sure we have seen your special request and are giving it priority. Some times of the year are very busy for us and we need all the warning we can get!

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To add bands to your order or just order bands separately just go to the standard order page and instead of using the first part higher on the page that lets you order a hat scroll down the page a little and you will find a box for ordering Just hat bands.
You can add as many as you like to your current order or place an order for just bands in that case shipping is just $6 if you only order bands, But if you order extra bands with your hat order then their is no shipping charge for adding more bands.

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Interior Sweat bands are standard on all hats, Our montecristi hats have a leather sweatband made of a nice oil tanned leather that resists sweat stains and absorbs oils from your forehead and keeps those from penetrating threw to the outside of your new hat. It is designed for maximum comfort at 1.25" wide, not to wide that it makes you sweat more and not so narrow that it can not catch sweat. At 1/8" thick it is perfect to stop sweat and oils from penetrating threw the band. (many hat bands that usually are only 1/16")

Made in a Nice Light Brown Coloration.

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First if you haven't Downloaded the tape yet do so at this link:
http://panamahatsdirect.com/arp/PHD-SizingChart.pdf

To insure that the tape measures correctly you need to be sure that you print it correctly It is very important that you Deselect the options in the 'Print Dialog Box' under 'Copies and Adjustments', Uncheck all the boxes as illustrated below:

If you have printed the File Correctly you would be able to do the penny test and a penny should fit perfectly inside the circle while you can still see the black line

Note: that you can still see the black line around the penny

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Also a confusing aspect of the tape is which is which side is up?
First Be sure you have printed the tape correctly So that sizing will be accurate.
When you have assembled the tape you will notice that the letters "Panama Hats Direct" will look upside down when you are measuring with it, that is correct. (for now)

It is best if you have someone else do the measuring taking the measurement the way you would like the hat to fit, don't Compensate or adjust for anything (that is our job) Give us the Measurement that feels the best and we will custom build the hat to fit you.

Wrap the tape around your head just above your ears and across your forehead just where the leather sweat band of your hat would lay.

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What if after all you hard work putting the tape together it just doesn't look right or it is not what you thought it would be?

Well in this case it would be best to verify that the PDF measuring tape was Really printed correctly. I know, you did everything you were supposed to but on occasion it still doesn't print right on some computers.

When it is printed incorrectly then will usually show a size about 3 sizes larger then you really are so if that happens then it pretty sure that it printed incorrectly.

So To verify please find a standard Flexible measuring tape that is used in sewing the vinyl ones work well. If you measure and it comes out similar to Our measuring tape then our tape printed correctly - Use our measuring tape.

If it is very different then it did not print correctly and instead of having you try to reprint it again, just give us the measurement that you got off the flexible vinyl tape and put that in the comments box at the end of the checkout. (Or email it to us)