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Wheat Boater, The boater as it was meant to be made: wheat straw, flat and rigid.
Wheat straw braid photographed backlit — Tight braid, stiffened — light along the seams only.
The braid against the light. What you see is what gets through.
The inside of the crown, showing the sweatband stitched to the weave
Inside the crown: the sweatband and the underside of the weave.

C-02 · Wheat straw

Wheat Boater

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Blocked flat and stiffened, with a grosgrain band. Wheat straw gives this shape a hardness paper cannot. It also gives it weight, and it will crack rather than bend if you force the brim.

How open the weave is

Tight braid, stiffened — light along the seams only.

Braid woven in Tuscany, Italy · hand-blocked in Gata de Gorgos, Spain.

Head circumference

Measure just above the ears, level across the forehead. Between two ranges, take the larger.

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This hat does not fold or roll. It needs to travel keeping its shape — a hat box is the reliable way to do that, and it is not added automatically.

Straw is a plant

Four things
this hat does.

Printed before you buy, not after you complain. A hat that cannot carry all four lines does not go on sale here.

  • Cracking

    Wheat straw holds its shape and pays for it: fold it and the stalk snaps. Dry heat in storage brings the same result.

  • Fading

    The gold goes paler and slightly grey over a season in the sun.

  • Reshaping

    It resists reshaping. Steam over a kettle for a few seconds and press gently — do not force a cold brim.

  • Weave gaps

    The stalks sit close together. Light shows as a fine seam line rather than as open gaps, but it does get through.

Specification

Straw
Wheat straw
Weaving origin
Braid woven in Tuscany, Italy · hand-blocked in Gata de Gorgos, Spain
Construction
Machine-woven straw braid, hand-blocked
Brim width
6.5 cm
Crown height
10 cm
Weight
178 g
Packing
Neither folds nor rolls
Sweatband
Cotton twill sweatband
Sizes
55–56 cm · 57–58 cm · 59–60 cm · 61–62 cm — head circumference ranges, never a single universal size.

Care

  • Keep it out of dry heat

    Never leave it in a parked car or against a radiator. Dry heat is what makes straw crack.

  • Mist, do not soak

    A light mist of water two or three times a season keeps the fibres supple. Do not soak it.

  • Reshaping

    Hold it in kettle steam for a few seconds, then press gently into shape and let it cool before wearing.

  • Storage

    Store it upside down on its crown, or in a hat box. Never stack anything on the brim.

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