Club Obi Wan

Dang, nice. I am liking the CS hat more and more.

GAA! Must... stop... looking!!

Great hat!

I'd pull the front of the brim down a touch more, since the Skull has a little more shape to it that the Raiders, but it's spot on and looks great as is...

I love the Crystal Skull shape....It's quite clear what Steve and Marc did and why they did it..Enough heritage/history to remind us of Raiders while also staying "current" to the Last Crusade version...Lovely bit of work from them in getting that passed with the production team..And John's version is always going to be one #### of a good hat..

Great stuff!

PsychicsAndSwords wrote:Dang, nice. I am liking the CS hat more and more.

GAA! Must... stop... looking!!

My feelings exactly! I know I'm going to order one of these sooner or later. But, I have three, (yes, three!) hats already on order from John right now. Gotta be a good boy and wait.

But seriously, I love the lid, you look great in it, and John has done a masterful job, as usual!

DHW

Smith: Niiiice lid!!!

DarenHenryW wrote:But, I have three, (yes, three!) hats already on order from John right now

Penman subscription method got out of control?

Ian

Ian wrote:Smith: Niiiice lid!!!

DarenHenryW wrote:But, I have three, (yes, three!) hats already on order from John right now

Penman subscription method got out of control?

Ian

Wow 3 Penmans on order?!? I am jealous. I love John's hats... and this is the first time in like 2 years that I haven't had a hat on order with him. It's really starting to bug me. I have a couple of hats I want from him but my money is needed elsewhere right now. Hopefully by the end of this year I can place an order for that sahara fedora that I want.

Yeah, the money's the problem, isn't it? I can think of at least 3 or 4 hats I'd love to get, but...

Soooo... anyone got any good tips on winning the lottery?

Play.

Croft

It's funny you guys are mentioning this... It was just the other day that I was telling my wife "y'know, if I were to win big in the lottery, it would be obscene how much money I would be sending to Penman and Magnoli!"

(Hey John, when you're not busy rooting for yourself, root a little for ME, wouldya? Trust me, it'd end up benefitting YOU quite nicely!)

DarenHenryW wrote:

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, I just noticed this response--how interesting! For your wedding's honeymoon and my wife's and my wedding anniversary, we wore very similar outfits: granite Penman fedoras, navy jackets with red ties, and our wives' dresses are even somewhat similar colors! I also like your 2 new Penmans--very nice!

jnicktem, that's a great looking Raiders there.

Best wishes,
Nebraska Schulte

First, Nebraska and Daren, those hats look great with your suits! You and your wives look like you just stepped out of Rick's Café Américain in Casablanca.

Second, Jnictem, very cool location in your pics!

And finally, I just ordered my first Penman!!! I went with a Raiders in beaver!

Well today was a day that I never saw coming! I have been drooling over a certain fedora that I have been wanting for quite some time now, a Penman beaver in Sahara styled as a CS, but with Raiders brim dimensions. The only thing that was keeping me from ordering it is I have been trying to put away some money for a wedding, and I already have numerous hats. But today I got PERMISSION from my lovely fiancee to go ahead and order it! So I did! Happy New Years to me!!!

Nick, you are right. Any orders placed in this month should be in time for the big holiday. I can't believe I'm thinking about the new year already.

John- I can't imagine a better way to end out this year than with a fine new Penman hat sitting on my head and a beautiful fiancee by my side!

BendingOak wrote:Nick, you are right. Any orders placed in this month should be in time for the big holiday. I can't believe I'm thinking about the new year already.

And may you have a great and successful 2012 John. I will own one of your hats if not this year, then next.

Okaaaaay...Where to begin?

..............Maybe with picking my jaw back up off the floor would be a good start eh?

John's hat just arrived...And I've spent the last hour alternately looking at it, laughing, looking closer at it, and taking photos for all of you here...

First of all, John, THANK YOU

This hat is a pleasure to wear. Superbly made, lovely to fit, and what's better is it gets better the closer I look at it...(Plenty of that to come I'm sure..)..

Amazing quality..Very, very impressive craftmanship Sir.. I'll be back to order from you in no time at all...No doubt there...

Now, the photos....

Straight outta the box..


The box opened..(This was the point I managed to stop drooling..Lucky all in all..


The hat itself....


And lastly...Me looking WELL smug.


Thank you John, it was a REAL pleasure to order from you, and I look forward to doing so again Sir.

Warmest regards.

Dude...You have every reason to look smug!!!...You've got my 'add to basket' finger twitchin'..

Another fantastic looking lid.....and I must say it suits you down to the ground!! John got the proportions spot on ...Great choice!! Enjoy!!!

So.....next?

I've already got 2 of John's lids.........Do I really need another??........Of course I do!!

Ian

Heya mate...

I'm already working out a way to get enough free cash to afford another order...You get one, see how good they are, and immediately start working out ways to change design enough to make another order "reasonable"....I love this hat.

I think my next will have to be the yellow Dick Tracy....I've got my eyes on that baby....

We'll see....My girlfriend needs a LOT of talking to to let me buy a bright yellow hat...But she'll see sense when it arrives...I reckon...

Maybe...

Thanks for the compliments mate..He's a #### of a hatmaker.

I couldn't be happier for you, Ben!


That's a gorgeous hat from John and that could not suit you more perfectly...
Sincerest Congratulations!

AWESOME! Enjoy it Ben, it certainly was made to suit you perfectly!

Suits you Sir!!!



Ian

fifthchamber wrote:Heya mate...

I'm already working out a way to get enough free cash to afford another order...You get one, see how good they are, and immediately start working out ways to change design enough to make another order "reasonable"....I love this hat.

I think my next will have to be the yellow Dick Tracy....I've got my eyes on that baby....

We'll see....My girlfriend needs a LOT of talking to to let me buy a bright yellow hat...But she'll see sense when it arrives...I reckon...

Maybe...

Thanks for the compliments mate..He's a #### of a hatmaker.

He is and that CS of yours proves it even more...Looks absolutely mint!! ..............That Dick Tracy looks great....Dunno if I'd do it justice though...

Ian

Ian, yeah, I reckon the Dick Tracy would be ballsy...But, if you could pull it off you'd never be forgotten in your neighbourhood eh? (And I reckon a black jacket and a yellow tie would work at minimal... No need for a bright yellow jacket straight off eh?)

.........I love the Fast Show....Mainly for "you ain't seen me....Right?"

Fox, dude...This hat is soooooo cool...(I had originally asked John for one like your own..The grey Raiders style..Since you looked so good in it..But I knew I looked okay in a Crystal Skull hat, so ended up going with that instead!).. Thanks for the comments here and on FB!

And Travis...Yeah...John really did make it perfectly for me...Not luck per se, but I do feel lucky...

Regards all..

Great choice! Suits you.

Fifthchamber,

Thank you for the kind words, great photos and wonderful review. It was a pleasure to make.

Now, I can say what I wanted to say for some time. FINALLY someone posted the opening of the shipping box to show the penman hat box. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Hehe....John...The hatbox is as great to see as the hat...Really well made and an addition that makes your hats (or the delivery of them) a lot more than just a hat....In my opinion...The whole fit of the thing shows the love that goes into them...

Thank the people that make them from me could you? They deserve a mention here as well...

Regards.

Hey fithchamber, nice lookin lid, brings back nice memorys when I open my package from John with my CS travel hat.

Lookin good.

Croft

Fifthchamber, that hat suits you! Isn't the granite a great color? Wear it in good health!

Best wishes,
Nebraska Schulte

Finally got a halfway decent pic of my ToD hat... and of course the color got all washed out. Man I have terrible luck with hat pictures. Oh well, here it is. Pic does not even begin to do this hat justice.

Fifthchamber, that hat suits you! Isn't the granite a great color? Wear it in good health!

It's a GREAT colour....Goes well with nearly all my suits, as well as with the Jackets I have....Very, very cool...Thanks for the previous photos! Really helped cement my choice...

Fifthchamber, you and your hat look fantastic! Congratulations!

DHW

PsychicsAndSwords wrote:Finally got a halfway decent pic of my ToD hat... and of course the color got all washed out. Man I have terrible luck with hat pictures. Oh well, here it is. Pic does not even begin to do this hat justice.

Dude!!...Congrats on the new ToD lid, looks great from what I can see...I loved John's prototype....You got any more shots of it?...Quite the rare beastie is the lesser known Penman ToD...

Ian

Yeah, I'd love to see more (closer if possible?) shots of John's Temple too... (If you could?)

Daren, thanks Sir!

Cant remember if i ever posted these pics or nobut hers me on an adventure with my LC Penman

Ah Morethanatimelord!!...It's been a while..

Great pics dude!! I remember looking at your LC whilst deciding on mine....Looks great on you!!

Are those recent?

Ian

Hi !

Thanks for the comments, the pics are fairly recent yeah. Did you get a Penman LC then?

Ian wrote:Ah Morethanatimelord!!...It's been a while..

Great pics dude!! I remember looking at your LC whilst deciding on mine....Looks great on you!!

Are those recent?

Ian

morethanatimelord wrote:Hi !

Thanks for the comments, the pics are fairly recent yeah. Did you get a Penman LC then?

Ian wrote:Ah Morethanatimelord!!...It's been a while..

Great pics dude!! I remember looking at your LC whilst deciding on mine....Looks great on you!!

Are those recent?

Ian

I most certainly did....I've had it around 1 year now....Love it!!



Ian

Nice!!

Looking at my LC Penman again now, i remember i put a little more curl on the sides of the brim...Not to much, just a little more so it resembles something inbetween the Venice pier scenes and the action scenes later in the movie

fifthchamber wrote:Yeah, I'd love to see more (closer if possible?) shots of John's Temple too... (If you could?)

I'll try and get something better this weekend...

fifth, beautiful hat in every way - shape, color, and proportions. Wear it in good health!

Thanks Bugs!

I'll try and get something better this weekend...

...Thanks! Much appreciated!

I'm missing my Penman already.

I sent it to John for a re-size/new sweat band. I will be anxiously awaiting its return home.

Ian wrote:

morethanatimelord wrote:Hi !

Thanks for the comments, the pics are fairly recent yeah. Did you get a Penman LC then?

Ian wrote:Ah Morethanatimelord!!...It's been a while..

Great pics dude!! I remember looking at your LC whilst deciding on mine....Looks great on you!!

Are those recent?

Ian

I most certainly did....I've had it around 1 year now....Love it!!



Ian

Isn't it incredible? How it get better and better with years.. wow

Fifth,

Does your CS travel have the SA dimensions or did you do something different? Looks good, like the brim was just a little smaller.

From what I've read of Steve's posts about the size of the hats he and Marc made for Crystal Skull mine is the same size...John would be the man to ask about that for sure, but from the dimensions I've checked on mine, and those mentioned by Steve here the hat is (Roughly) the same size (I didn't ask for any dimension changes either, so the only change was the hat size...Since I'm a 23 1/2)...

I'd say no..No change to the dimensions..

(Having checked with what Steve mentioned here; http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f ... stal+Skull" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; .....Mine is spot on with those dimensions..So no..No change in the dimensions..Only a size change..)

I am the same size as you Ben! If.anything happens to you (God forbid) I think I should get all your hats...

I really gotta get me one of these...

fifthchamber wrote:From what I've read of Steve's posts about the size of the hats he and Marc made for Crystal Skull mine is the same size...John would be the man to ask about that for sure, but from the dimensions I've checked on mine, and those mentioned by Steve here the hat is (Roughly) the same size (I didn't ask for any dimension changes either, so the only change was the hat size...Since I'm a 23 1/2)...

I'd say no..No change to the dimensions..

(Having checked with what Steve mentioned here; http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f ... stal+Skull" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; .....Mine is spot on with those dimensions..So no..No change in the dimensions..Only a size change..)

You are correct. I got my specs for both CS hats from steve.

I am the same size as you Ben! If.anything happens to you (God forbid) I think I should get all your hats...

Travis...I don't think anyone else in my family would appreciate them as much as yourself, so I'd have no problem agreeing to that...When I write a Will I'll add your name for the hat collection (Of course, in reverse, I think I saw a rather amazing Wolverine Jacket on you a while back, and "god forbid", but....If it comes to that? I'd love it like my own son.. )

You are correct. I got my specs for both CS hats from steve.

Hey John, thanks for the confirmation Sir.

I'll be able to wear it in about a week or so if the current temperatures keep heading the way they are..It's almost under 30 degrees EVERY day!! (It's the humidity that kills me though...And it's still humid here...)..I'll post pics here and to Facebook of me wearing the beauty in somewhere VERY Japanese..(A Maid Cafe, or an Anime shop...Akihabara..Or Shibuya I was thinking....Fuji-san can be seen from my house, but in a photo would probably be too small to make decent background...)..

Regards..

fifthchamber wrote:

I am the same size as you Ben! If.anything happens to you (God forbid) I think I should get all your hats...

Travis...I don't think anyone else in my family would appreciate them as much as yourself, so I'd have no problem agreeing to that...When I write a Will I'll add your name for the hat collection (Of course, in reverse, I think I saw a rather amazing Wolverine Jacket on you a while back, and "god forbid", but....If it comes to that? I'd love it like my own son.. )

I'll have my lawyers draw up something in the morning...