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During the Impel Down Arc it is seen that luffy already had a straw hat when
Ace and Luffy both have flashbacks of the past when they were kids. Didn't
Luffy only get the straw hat when he was older from Shanks?


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Luffy's Straw Hat


In the [timeline of One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/World_Timeline)
you can find under "12 years ago" the explanation. Luffy met Shanks before his
grandfather Garp took him away.

> Red-Haired Shanks, then twenty seven years old, arrives at Luffy's hometown
> and decides to stay there. Luffy accidentally eats the Gomu Gomu no Mi,
> giving him rubber powers and an inability to swim. Higuma is eaten by a Sea
> King in an incident involving Luffy and Shanks. Shanks leaves Luffy's
> hometown after staying there for almost a year.[32] Shortly after Shanks'
> departure, Luffy is taken by his grandfather Monkey D. Garp to train with
> Curly Dadan and meets his adopted brother Portgas D. Ace. Luffy soon forms a
> brotherhood with Ace and Sabo in desire to becoming pirates.


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