Some colors make a cowboy hat look new. Oak makes it look like it already has stories.
Minga’s Karina is shaped and pressed by hand from 100% Ecuadorian sheep’s wool, with a curved four-inch brim and vegetable-tanned leather tie giving the classic Western silhouette its structure. The warm oak wool feels appropriately sun-worn without requiring you to actually spend several years riding around in the desert. It gives the exaggerated Western shape a little age and softness, as though the hat might have had a life before you got there.
The Details
100% Ecuadorian sheep’s wool
Oak
Classic Western silhouette
4" curved brim
Vegetable-tanned leather tie
Custom-finished inner lining
Adjustable inner band
Crafted + pressed by hand
Handmade variations in color, shape + sizing are to be expected
Handmade in Ecuador
Sizing
XS: 53 cm / 20.75"
S: 55 cm / 21.75"
M: 57 cm / 22.5"
L: 59 cm / 23.25"
XL: 61 cm / 24"
Minga recommends sizing up if you’re between sizes.
About the Brand: Minga
Making a hat by hand is the sort of skill that becomes considerably more impressive once you realize somebody had to teach you how. Minga works with multigenerational artisan families in Ecuador, pairing traditional hat-making, weaving, leatherwork, and other inherited craft techniques with contemporary design. The result keeps old skills doing something particularly useful: making things people still want to wear.
