When you enter the Panama hat business it is sure that you have to familiarize yourself with new terms when having a conversation with customers and suppliers, this section is very important for you, you can study it in Spanish and English.

Raw material:

Toquilla straw: Carludovica palmata fiber to weave the hat.

Pajal: It is the area of the field or jungle where toquilla straw is born.

Toquilla straw Mazo: Group of buds in a single bundle.

Cogollo: It is the tender fiber that is cut from the palm.

Shawl heart: Central fiber of the bud.

Hat:

Armed crab and estera: These are the types of beginning that the hat has.

Plantilla: Template: It is the upper part of the hat

Cup: Refers to the middle part of the hat

Hat in long straw: Hat in the middle of the process

Remate of the hat: It means to elaborate the edges or contours of the hat to ensure its fabric.

Azocar: It is the function that will be performed after the hat is finished, two strands are chosen from below and above, then pull is processed.

Despeluzar: It means cutting the strands that have left the hat.

Descoronar: Cut the fibers carefully from the crown part.

Sahumado: In the process of putting the hat in a furnace with sulfur.

Ingest straw: It means adding fiber to the fabric of the hat.

Remove straw: Remove straws or black fibers from the hat.

Tumble the hat: it is when the hat is put on a last accompanied by the leather strip to iron it.

Deflected: It is when the hat has its loose strands, beach type.

Bordered: It is when the hat has a fabric cooked in the contours.

Points in a hat: They are the grades or fibers that are counted in the hat to determine its fineness.

Accessories:

Sulfur: It is the chemical that is used to smoke toquilla straw and sombrero respectively to whiten their threads.

Leather rope or lanyard: This is used to secure and fix the hat on the last.

Balsa form: It is a round mold that comes by sizes

Tripo or stick: It is the support for the person to weave

Matiancho: it is a rectangular or circular container sometimes, its function is to place the water to moisten the fibers.

Pot: It is a tool to hit the hat, the objective is to remove some wrinkles from it.

Press: It is the machine that shapes hats

Aluminum lasts: They are the molds that go in the press with different sizes and shapes.

Magnifying glass: It is the tool that allows us to visualize how many dots per inch the hat has.

Points in a hat: They are the grades or fibers that are counted in the hat to determine its fineness.

Sweat band: It is the internal tape that the hat has to protect from sweat