The Penman post 'em up Pages....The Adventure Continues...

PsychicsAndSwords · Post by **PsychicsAndSwords** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:14 pm

Busy week, so this will be short, but I got my Sahara Penman-style Penman today and HOLY COW it's bee-yoo-tee-ful.

I do plan to try to actually get pics of my wearing my hats sometime soon...

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:51 pm

That is a truly lovely thing.
The color and shape of this hat... The bow work...

Congrats on getting this prize, P&S!

jnicktem · Post by **jnicktem** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:30 pm

Wow! I love the bow! What colours are the ribbons?

PsychicsAndSwords · Post by **PsychicsAndSwords** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:26 am

jnicktem wrote:Wow! I love the bow! What colours are the ribbons?

Um, brown with a tannish color that matches the sahara? I'm not sure, John would have to chime in on that. I originally asked for something a little different but told John to change it if he came up with something better, since I have no idea what kinds of ribbons he has on hand. Anyway, I love the result.

I even love the beige liner, which I was a little iffy about, because I guess I was afraid it would be more of a yellow color than it actually is. But, it compliments the felt perfectly.

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:13 am

PsychicsAndSwords wrote:Busy week, so this will be short, but I got my Sahara Penman-style Penman today and HOLY COW it's bee-yoo-tee-ful.

I do plan to try to actually get pics of my wearing my hats sometime soon...

Beautiful, pal. I have a hat almost exactly like it, and I'm still envious!

DHW

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:18 am

Thought you guys would like this pic, digitally altered by my pal on his i-Phone 4GS.

It's my Penman "Raiders Seaplane/CS Travel hat" by the way

DHW

PsychicsAndSwords · Post by **PsychicsAndSwords** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:39 am

All right, so I finally have some pics of me actually wearing my dang hats. Now, I was just playing around with a new camera remote, and a new backdrop, etc etc, so these don't look super great (and feel free to ignore the many, many wrinkles in the backdrop

). But, y'all can at least get an idea of what these loverly hats look like.

Green & black Raiders:
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Screen-color Temple of Doom:
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Sahara Penman:
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Indiana Croft · Post by **Indiana Croft** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:19 pm

In a word. NICE.

Man, 1st the Leverage hat John did, and not to forget the same color felt for the hat used in Public enemys.... and now the sahrah, love this color, I have so many brown fedoras that I'm itchin for a nother color I can wear on a daily bases. My CS travel is my "nice" hat, for goin out. Still wear it now and then to keep in the rotaion, but if I could get my hands on a sahara fedora with Johns expert hand on the ribbon............................ oh honey.

Croft

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:21 pm

Wow!
VERY nice photos showing a lovely variety of beautiful - and distinctive - Penmans.
Thanks very much for giving us a good look at these!

fifthchamber · Post by **fifthchamber** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:53 am

I thought I'd throw up some now that the "sheen" has come off somewhat (Of course, the "sheen" hasn't, but this hat could be dragged through the Thames and STILL come up shining..So that's useless anyway)..

These are from a day filming a movie with friends here in Tokyo...Rather a random day out all in all it was...But good fun, and the Penman stole the show...

Well..I mean...I love her...But she attracted several envious glances and someone had the cheek to compare it to a Borsalino..Which made me sit down and run through the several hundred ways that Penman kicked Borsalino's (distinguished, but faded) arse...

And just to get a "rough" idea of how weird the movie will end up being... Here's another... Weird innit?

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:43 pm

Excellent shots, fifthchamber!

That one with the hat on has immediately become one of my favorites of you... You should give serious consideration to making it your avatar sometime.
Cheers, mate.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:25 pm

Mitch, I worked on your hat today a little.

jnicktem · Post by **jnicktem** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:32 pm

Mitch is getting ANOTHER hat?!?

fifthchamber · Post by **fifthchamber** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:04 pm

Nick...

Coming from you?

I'm jealous of both of you....

Once these taxes are paid off, I'll be getting back to you John..

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:12 pm

BendingOak wrote:Mitch, I worked on your hat today a little.

That's GREAT, John... Thank you for the update.

jnicktem wrote:Mitch is getting ANOTHER hat?!?

As strange as it may seem, Nick... I don't actually own a Brown Penman Raiders in Beaver.
That horrible absence in my collection will soon be corrected.

patchcamel · Post by **patchcamel** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:18 pm

Here is my Penman Raiders that I got for Christmas. I have been meaning to post this pic and just got around to it. I can't wait to place another order with John! Congratulations on your new pending Penman, Mitch!

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:11 pm

patchcamel wrote:Here is my Penman Raiders that I got for Christmas. I have been meaning to post this pic and just got around to it. I can't wait to place another order with John! Congratulations on your new pending Penman, Mitch!

Great pic! And an even greater hat!

Lookin' good!

DHW

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:42 pm

My Penman Brown Raiders Beaver Fedora arrived at my door just prior to last weekend (safe and sound, John... thank you)

It's been a busy 8 or 9 days and I'm sorry to say that I didn't have an earlier opportunity to get some photos taken and share them here with all of you... but earlier today I was finally completing a Mystery of the Blues set of photos (that I'd been working towards getting finished for some time now) and I used the opportunity to make sure I had a few photos taken with my new hat from Mr. Penman.

I'm sure it will come as no surprise to anyone who frequents this Thread when I say that John's work is absolute perfection.

Thank you, as always, for such a wonderfully fitting, expertly made fedora, John...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: You're a true Artist.

Forrest For the Trees · Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:39 pm

Looks spectacular, Mitch.

shade88 · Post by **shade88** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:02 pm

Looks good Mitch.

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:24 am

My word!

You know, Mitch, I've always thought VERY highly of your gear, your "Indy-tude", your supreme "nice-guy-ness". And though this is supposed to be a thread about John's work, he ALWAYS does a good job, so it goes without saying that the hat looks amazing, especially on YOU. And while I know you're going to lay on us a new thread devoted to your recent MOTB shoot, wherein I will undoubtedly lay on you some very high praise, I'm going to take this moment to say, flat out, how honestly JEALOUS I am of YOUR FACE. You've TOTALLY NAILED the hair and beard (and the gear, but we all knew that). This is my final piece of proof that YOU ARE HARRISON FORD, and that Fox Lidstone is a much older gentleman, married to Calista Flockhart, about to star in Ender's Game, or so I've read, etc.

One of my favorite jokes about our hobby is the gearhead who says, upon the completion of his outfit, "Everything is screen accurate now except my face."

Well, you've got that covered. This is an AMAZING photo. I can't wait to see the rest of pics so that I can then be even more impressed, hatch an absurd plan to grow out my hair and beard, dye them just right, borrow my dad's 1956 Ford Pickup, drive it to my sister's house in South Lake Tahoe, hire an elderly Native American man, get a soprano saxophone . . . I . . . I think you know where I'm going with this.

Rick McCallum? George Lucas? Can I borrow you guys for a couple of days? I've got to a little favor to ask . . .

Daren Henry W

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:43 am

Thanks very much fellas for the kind words... Glad you like the hat.

John's never been more at the top of his game and I'm once again a proud owner of his craft.

Daren, thank you, my friend, for such flattering words.

I don't think I've ever personally felt so complimented by a reaction to what I've attempted to accomplish by getting some photos taken with my Gear and saluting Indy.
Thanks very, very much!

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:36 pm

You are quite welcome, Mitch! You deserve it. I mean, the lord blessed you with a mug that resembles Ford's probably the closest of any of us here, and so I suppose that makes you lucky, but major kudos for totally selling it and going the extra mile. Really, you look fantastic. Can't wait for the rest.

And, John, brilliant work as always.

Humbled,
Daren Henry W

steerpike · Post by **steerpike** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:53 pm

DarenHenryW wrote:

My word! You know, Mitch, I've always thought VERY highly of your gear, your "Indy-tude", your supreme "nice-guy-ness". And though this is supposed to be a thread about John's work, he ALWAYS does a good job, so it goes without saying that the hat looks amazing, especially on YOU. And while I know you're going to lay on us a new thread devoted to your recent MOTB shoot, wherein I will undoubtedly lay on you some very high praise, I'm going to take this moment to say, flat out, how honestly JEALOUS I am of YOUR FACE. You've TOTALLY NAILED the hair and beard (and the gear, but we all knew that). This is my final piece of proof that YOU ARE HARRISON FORD, and that Fox Lidstone is a much older gentleman, married to Calista Flockhart, about to star in Ender's Game, or so I've read, etc.

One of my favorite jokes about our hobby is the gearhead who says, upon the completion of his outfit, "Everything is screen accurate now except my face." Well, you've got that covered. This is an AMAZING photo.

Absolutely I have to quote ALL these post! AMAZING, incredible and inspiring photo, Mitch! You're the example to follow for every Indy gear guy!

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:37 pm

Very kind of you to say that, steerpike... Thank you, friend.

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:18 pm

PsychicsAndSwords wrote:Busy week, so this will be short, but I got my Sahara Penman-style Penman today and HOLY COW it's bee-yoo-tee-ful.

I do plan to try to actually get pics of my wearing my hats sometime soon...

Very nice! I love that sahara color. This hat reminds me a lot of the hat John made for my wedding a few years back.

Dave

shade88 · Post by **shade88** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:26 pm

PsychicsAndSwords: That is a beautiful fedora. Penman does really nice work. (Unfortunately I have not seen his work up close, but I hope one day to remedy that...)

jnicktem · Post by **jnicktem** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:57 am

Mitch- I hate you for how well you can pull of the Indy look! Better than pretty much anyone here... and that's saying a lot! While I am at it, I would just like to say that not only am I jealous of how well you pull off the look, but that TN LC as well!!!!

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:06 pm

PsychicsAndSwords wrote:Busy week, so this will be short, but I got my Sahara Penman-style Penman today and HOLY COW it's bee-yoo-tee-ful.

I do plan to try to actually get pics of my wearing my hats sometime soon...

Is that hat based on the Marlow or, as you state, the 'Penman'? The front of the crown seems to have the height of the Marlow in that view.

Regards! Michaelson

PsychicsAndSwords · Post by **PsychicsAndSwords** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:25 pm

Mitch - beautiful hat! Kind of makes me want to get a Raiders in regular ol' brown...

Michaelson wrote: Is that hat based on the Marlow or, as you state, the 'Penman'? The front of the crown seems to have the height of the Marlow in that view.

Regards! Michaelson

I ordered a Penman and like what I got, that's about all I can tell you.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:12 pm

Very good. Thanks!

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:08 am

Both "the Penman" and "the Marlo" have the same crown height. I think it's just the angle of the photo.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:18 am

Thanks, John.

I'm really liking the look of the Penman over the Marlow now.

The one shown on your website looks EXACTLY like my Dad's old J. C. Penny 'Marathon' he wore for years.

Regards! Michaelson

morethanatimelord · Post by **morethanatimelord** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:21 am

Seriously cool Mitch

DarenHenryW wrote:

My word! You know, Mitch, I've always thought VERY highly of your gear, your "Indy-tude", your supreme "nice-guy-ness". And though this is supposed to be a thread about John's work, he ALWAYS does a good job, so it goes without saying that the hat looks amazing, especially on YOU. And while I know you're going to lay on us a new thread devoted to your recent MOTB shoot, wherein I will undoubtedly lay on you some very high praise, I'm going to take this moment to say, flat out, how honestly JEALOUS I am of YOUR FACE. You've TOTALLY NAILED the hair and beard (and the gear, but we all knew that). This is my final piece of proof that YOU ARE HARRISON FORD, and that Fox Lidstone is a much older gentleman, married to Calista Flockhart, about to star in Ender's Game, or so I've read, etc.

One of my favorite jokes about our hobby is the gearhead who says, upon the completion of his outfit, "Everything is screen accurate now except my face." Well, you've got that covered. This is an AMAZING photo. I can't wait to see the rest of pics so that I can then be even more impressed, hatch an absurd plan to grow out my hair and beard, dye them just right, borrow my dad's 1956 Ford Pickup, drive it to my sister's house in South Lake Tahoe, hire an elderly Native American man, get a soprano saxophone . . . I . . . I think you know where I'm going with this.

Rick McCallum? George Lucas? Can I borrow you guys for a couple of days? I've got to a little favor to ask . . .

Daren Henry W

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:49 pm

I don't think I can compete with Mitch here, but perhaps my wife can!

Sarah in my moss green "Penman"

DHW

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:21 pm

The picture isn't showing (at least for me) yet... But I already GIVE UP!

I appreciate the compliment, but I'm NO MATCH for your wife!

I give! I give!

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:38 pm

Mitch LaRue wrote:The picture isn't showing (at least for me) yet... But I already GIVE UP!
I appreciate the compliment, but I'm NO MATCH for your wife!

I give! I give!

Ha ha! Thanks, Mitch! And sorry I had to resort to cheating!

Anyone else having problem seeing the pic? It looks like it's working fine to me.

DHW

Kim Hoffman · Post by **Kim Hoffman** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:57 pm

There are some sturdy looking adventurers in these photos. You all look great!

TenuredProfessor · Post by **TenuredProfessor** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:11 pm

My trusty Penman Rabbit Raiders a little under 2 years old. I put it on almost every day and it is the Raiders hat of my dreams

Bulldog tested, and bulldog approved

Keep up the stellar work, John!!! I see one in beaver on my horizon

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:14 pm

Your bully is beautiful.

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:44 pm

BendingOak wrote:Your bully is beautiful.

jedichase · Post by **jedichase** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:50 pm

Seeing all of these awesome fedoras is making it very difficult for me to wait for my penman rabbit raiders. Awesome work John. Can't wait to see my hat.

shade88 · Post by **shade88** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:14 am

Well on Feb 24th I placed an order for a Crystal Skull Penman Beaver, and a few days go I received the paper measurement... Now here comes what I'm sure is the toughest part: The Wait.

Quick question: Does the wait time start when you order the Fedora, or when you confirm the measurement?

Thanks,
Shade 88.

Joeyeah_right · Post by **Joeyeah_right** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:50 am

shade88 wrote:Well on Feb 24th I placed an order for a Crystal Skull Penman Beaver, and a few days go I received the paper measurement... Now here comes what I'm sure is the toughest part: The Wait.

Quick question: Does the wait time start when you order the Fedora, or when you confirm the measurement?

Thanks,
Shade 88.

Hey Shade, I am in the same boat as you! Just received my paper crown measurement yesterday!
Really looking forward to my first Penman hat - I went for the Beaver "Raiders"

Regards
Joe

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:08 am

Time starts as soon as the order is submitted. Remember guys and dolls, it's a estimated time. Another note. When I send a e mail asking for the payment in full and I ask a month before. That should give you ( the customer) plenty of time to get payment to me.as not to add any wait time to your order.

shade88 · Post by **shade88** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:09 pm

Ok, Thanks BendingOak. lol, just wanted to make sure.

So will the wait give me what DR Ulloa calls Penman Fever? Hey... Why is Shia grabbing the CS fedora at the end of Indy IV! THAT'S MY HAT!!!

... Sorry about that, lol.

@Joe: Isn't it awesome? To know that your hat is in the plans? I like it, that's for sure.

david_h · Post by **david_h** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:47 pm

Not an Indy hat, but it is a Penman.
My recently arrived Casablanca. For you folks waiting patiently for John, I can assure you it is well worth the wait!

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:23 pm

david_h wrote:Not an Indy hat, but it is a Penman.
My recently arrived Casablanca. For you folks waiting patiently for John, I can assure you it is well worth the wait!

Well let me be the first: David H, NICE lookin' lid, and GREAT PHOTO! Kudos!

I, too, am back in the waiting pool (not the wading pool). Two more hats on order . . . One should be on the block in about 3-4 months, and the other one soon after. As usual, I can't wait . . .

DHW

shade88 · Post by **shade88** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:57 pm

David H: Love the hat, looks great.

DHW: Which hats do you have on order? I am curious.

Mitch LaRue · Post by **Mitch LaRue** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:03 pm

SMART look, david_h ...
My compliments on your excellent taste in hats.