Club Obi Wan

RayROnline wrote:Okay excited now. John called today to ask if I wanted the Turn in my new beaver raiders. He put in the. Bash today. I'll get it end of next week after new boxes arrive.

I'm excited for you dude.....can't wait to see the photos!!!! (hint, hint...in a subtle way... )

Ian

My LC Penman makes its 1st birthday. What a better way to celebrate that follow the LC footsteps of Indiana? This is, in my hat collection, the hat that I use 90% of the time. Everyday it give me more.. The other pics of my Venice trip on the Scrapbook

steerpike wrote:My LC Penman makes its 1st birthday. What a better way to celebrate that follow the LC footsteps of Indiana? This is, in my hat collection, the hat that I use 90% of the time. Everyday it give me more.. The other pics of my Venice trip on the Scrapbook

Sweet!

steerpike wrote:My LC Penman makes its 1st birthday. What a better way to celebrate that follow the LC footsteps of Indiana? This is, in my hat collection, the hat that I use 90% of the time. Everyday it give me more.. The other pics of my Venice trip on the Scrapbook

What a nice shot. I may not travel but it looks like my hats are.

BendingOak wrote: What a nice shot. I may not travel but it looks like my hats are.

Ain't that the truth!

Hey, what interesting backgrounds in these shots, fellers! Makes you want to go away for awhile.

jnicktem wrote:

BendingOak wrote: What a nice shot. I may not travel but it looks like my hats are.

Ain't that the truth!

Wow! How many of my hats made it to that exact spot I wonder?

Good feeling knowing your hats are making the global rounds, huh?

Cheers!

Dan

John- I am willing to bet I brought the only Penman to that spot. In that picture I am standing on the Queen Emma bridge in Curaçao, which is an island off of the Venezuelan coast.

Here are so more pics of my Penman in some of my travels:

Another pic of me (and my Penman) in Curaçao:



In the Dominican Republic:



And at a lighthouse in Aruba:

Nick,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting these pics. I may never get to see these great places myself but it's nice seeing that my hats have traveled.

You're more welcome, John. I should thank you for making me such a fantastic hat! I have officially given my Penman Raiders hat the title of my Travelling Hat.

Woohoo got my ToD



Yeah yeah yeah, "head shot", "better lighting" etc. Gotta wait until I can get a decent sunny outside pic for that. But for the time being, let's just say this thing is beautiful and makes a great contrast/variety with the green Raiders hat.

My thanks to Mr. Oak for another great hat.

You know, all the Temple of Doom hats I've seen by John I absolutely love. This is one is no exception. Very much like the hat worn in the suspension bridge scene which is, after the SoC and CS hats (brown and grey), my favorite hat in the whole series. I'll take that suspension bridge hat over any other Raiders hat (of course, SoC hat excluded). Excellent work there John. And congrats on the new hat.

Dave

Yeah, I feel the same way. I hate the way the hat looks throughout most of ToD (tooooooo much taper), but always loved the end/bridge scene hat, and when I saw John's pictures of his version I knew that if I ever got a second hat from him, it'd have to be one of those.

I finaly ordered a ToD from John and I'm very excited. Even more when I see your hat PsychicsAndSwords .

I wanted a Young Indy first, but my girlfriend told me the hat will look wrong on me.
And God knows I will never listen to her when buying props, but when it comes to clothes and hats, she sure knows what she's talking about .

wwhisko: great looking Raiders fedora there!

steerpike: nothing like being there in person! The gear looks great--may have to get one of those Magnoli Venice Pier suits someday, too.

jnickterm: quite the locations--and the hat suits you well in each of them!

Just wanted to post a recent photo of my Penman CS Train traveler fedora from our anniversary to show how well this color also goes with navy:



With all the weddings coming up this month, I'll be getting a lot of use out of it!

Best wishes,
NS

Hey Schulte,

First of all:
Happy Anniversary!

Second:

Lookin' GOOD!

Mitch LaRue wrote:Hey Schulte,

First of all:
Happy Anniversary!

Second:

Lookin' GOOD!

Thanks, Mitch--on both accounts!

hey Schulte, I love the CS train hat, and you sport it very well, and congrats!! The matching color looks perfect. I'll use it it in a wedding, using a dark blue suit.

Schulte: Love your CS Train lid!! Looks amazing!!

John, Have you ever made a German Agent lid from SoC?...The CS travel hat kind of reminds me of it slightly......Okay then, they're both grey...I think....

Ian

Ian wrote:Schulte: Love your CS Train lid!! Looks amazing!!

John, Have you ever made a German Agent lid from SoC?...The CS travel hat kind of reminds me of it slightly......Okay then, they're both grey...I think....

Ian

Can you post a pic??? I'm not sure what you are talking about?

BendingOak wrote:

Ian wrote:Schulte: Love your CS Train lid!! Looks amazing!!

John, Have you ever made a German Agent lid from SoC?...The CS travel hat kind of reminds me of it slightly......Okay then, they're both grey...I think....

Ian

Can you post a pic??? I'm not sure what you are talking about?

This is the best I could do....One of the more obscure characters....In this shot though, the top bash seems to be gone...There's a great shot of his lid as he's walking in off the balcony in Cairo...



Ian

No one is sure but most believe that was Indy's seaplane hat with the creases popped out. Either way, its not a problem at all for me to make.

You can still see the center crease in it, though the bash and dents have been pushed out.

Texan Scott wrote:You can still see the center crease in it, though the bash and dents have been pushed out.

I agree with you. It's clear that hat was creased at one point and then the creases was popped out.

If anyone wanted that hat from me. I would suggest ordering a Raiders travel hat open crown. Or you can order it with the creases in it as a Indy raiders travel hat and when you wanted the Nazi hat you just pop the creases out. This way, two hats for the price of one..


John

I never would've recognised it as the seaplane hat...I know in some of the shots it has a bash in it...eg. When he walks in from the balcony..

Well, I guess you've made a few of those then, John..

Right now I'm still pondering what to ask you for next....Probably not an Indy lid though....Maybe a Penman after seeing Darthinvictus's.. , but then I love Dr Ulloa's Charcoal custom you made....

Cheers for the info..

Ian

Im here to help and serve.

Ian wrote:

BendingOak wrote:

Ian wrote:Schulte: Love your CS Train lid!! Looks amazing!!

John, Have you ever made a German Agent lid from SoC?...The CS travel hat kind of reminds me of it slightly......Okay then, they're both grey...I think....

Ian

Can you post a pic??? I'm not sure what you are talking about?

This is the best I could do....One of the more obscure characters....In this shot though, the top bash seems to be gone...There's a great shot of his lid as he's walking in off the balcony in Cairo...





Ian

Best I could do!




And then this shows no bash/crease with less brim curl:




DHW

Nebraska Schulte wrote:wwhisko: great looking Raiders fedora there!

steerpike: nothing like being there in person! The gear looks great--may have to get one of those Magnoli Venice Pier suits someday, too.

jnickterm: quite the locations--and the hat suits you well in each of them!

Just wanted to post a recent photo of my Penman CS Train traveler fedora from our anniversary to show how well this color also goes with navy:



With all the weddings coming up this month, I'll be getting a lot of use out of it!

Best wishes,
NS

Looking great, Nebraska! I love this photo! (And Happy Birthday, btw!)

But seriously, when I first saw this, I almost thought I was looking at a picture of myself and my wife from our honeymoon!



DHW

Daren...Thanks for the awesome photos!!!...It looks spot on!!....You do seem happier in the shots when the hat is returned to the clipper style....Amazing how the hat can be completely transformed just by subtly changing the creasing...

I've been working my Penman LC to try to get the depth of the side dents because I always thought there was something off with the way it looked....I knew it wasn't the block because 1. John had made it, and 2. I've seen so many other Penman LC owners with near perfect looking LC lids.....Really happy with it!!...and John, your LC block is perfect IMO.....

Ian

I don't have any pictures to post, but I had an opportunity to see a Penman hat today and thought I'd give my thoughts on it. I was at an Antique show in Portland, as always I'm on the lookout for vintage fedora's and neckties. I saw a guy wearing an awesome looking fedora in a Pecan color. It wasn't an Indy style hat, it was shaped like a typical 40s style fedora. I could tell it was a custom one right away, I complimented him on his hat and asked him what brand it was. He replied "It's a Penman, I just got it yesterday". He let me look at it closely and it was an excellent custom made fedora. So I can now offically recommend a Penman fedora to anyone who is thinking of getting one. Excellent job!

fedoralover

I have a few Penmans (2 Beaver CS brown and grey and a rabbit Raiders), but would like to add a Seaplane to my collection. I was wondering what would make a better Seaplane hat, the pure Rabbit or the Henry? Definitely a darker grey than my CS John made me.

Matt

You could go either penman charcoal or the Henry grey.

[quote="mcmanm"]I have a few Penmans (2 Beaver CS brown and grey and a rabbit Raiders), but would like to add a Seaplane to my collection. I was wondering what would make a better Seaplane hat, the pure Rabbit or the Henry? Definitely a darker grey than my CS John made me.

mcmanm, I believe that i mentioned in another thread that we were neighbors, and after seeing some of your hat pics, i realized that I've seen you before. We frequent the same clinic in our professions. My gray Penman will be arriving maybe Monday or Tuesday. If I see you there, I will stop and introduce myself and give you a peek at the new lid. It is of the charcoal beaver felt.

jlhampton

Here's a b-day shot of me in my Washington Suit and my Washington/Seaplane Penman!





DHW

Daren,

Is that beaver or rabbit?

Jlhampton,

Sounds good. I'm in wh and hc this week.

DarenHenryW wrote:Here's a b-day shot of me in my Washington Suit and my Washington/Seaplane Penman!





DHW

That works! Good look.

mcmanm wrote:Daren,

Is that beaver or rabbit?

Beaver!

Here's some pics of me wearing my Penman Raiders in beaver on a trip to the Rocky Mountains:

N i i i ice!


John's hats sure do get around!

THAT IS THE SORRIEST!....

...oh, sorry! Wrong thread!

Btw, really pleasant back drop for your Penny there, Nick! Wear it in good health!

I know I've been a little post-heavy lately, but I got a new hat from John, so, you know, I can't NOT post pics!

This is a custom-made rabbit Penman in pecan.







And, as per John's request, I'm no longer allowed to post pics of any of my new hats without at least one of my wife wearing it!

So, here you go:



LOVE the hat, John! Once again, you are a true artist, and I'm proud to say, a good friend!

DHW

Wonderful photos of a BEAUTIFUL looking hat (whether it sits atop the head of the lady OR the gentleman)

Great looking lid there!!! Just awesome!!.....Looks great on you both!! Plus the rabbit looks really good.. (Is your wife the same hat size?)

Does this hat work with a centre dent or is the crown to high for that or rather better suited?

Ian

Wow. Daren, the hat looks amazing !!! And it looks great on you both.

Daren!

That hat shape really works for you Sir! Great stuff...

I think I'm liking the Teardrop dent more than I've done previously... It seems to lower the crown just a tip, and provide a more solid front line that can really suit the right face (Both yours and your lady's!)...Very cool hat...

I'm not sure, but I think mine should be done by John sometime in the next couple of weeks too...It's been a great month for gear...Wade, Todd, and John's deliveries all coming up or come already...Great month..

Anyway, I'll post the pics when it arrives, and I hope it makes me look half as cool as yourself!

Warm regards.

Earlier this week, I returned home to find a box from Oregon just inside the door. Opening the cardboard shipping box revealed one of the nicest hat boxes I have seen... and inside that...

Another amazing Crystal Skull.







The hat is flawless. These pics are of the hat straight from the box and on the head. The only thing I have done is tug the brim down a bit. I look forward to showing off some more pictures in the future as it shapes to use and I make it my own. I've never been easy on hats, and this will be no exception.

Thanks again for the great work John! I'll be calling soon for another.

Looks good on you, Smith!

Best wishes,
Nebraska Schulte

Agreed.
VERY nice!
Congrats on a wonderful acquisition.