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This is what happens if you park in the hat mans parking space.


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BendingOak wrote:This is what happens if you park in the hat mans parking space.


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With the man himself! (Both of us wearing matching Penmans!)

DHW

Great photo, guys!!

Yep !!

DarenHenryW wrote:

With the man himself! (Both of us wearing matching Penmans!)

DHW

While I'm fully aware that no two hats -- even made by the same maker -- are both the same -- this is something to behold! These are soooooo close, that it is scary! Great looking hats. Superb photo 'op! And, you guys don't look to bad, either. Thanks for sharing what one could refer to as: "The Dueling Lids! !" Sorry...truly couldn't resist this one ! W>

Sorry I have been so rare these days. Life has been keeping me pretty busy.

Anyways, I received my latest Penman several months ago and have been keeping it a secret. I wanted to get it broken in a little before posting photos of it. Trouble is- well, it's a Penman. If I waited until it looked well used I would be dead.

jnicktem wrote:Sorry I have been so rare these days. Life has been keeping me pretty busy.

Anyways, I received my latest Penman several months ago and have been keeping it a secret. I wanted to get it broken in a little before posting photos of it. Trouble is- well, it's a Penman. If I waited until it looked well used I would be dead.

Pardon the pun, but great 'shot,' literally -- love the shell casing on the back of your brim! Oh, by the way the hat is pretty cool too! W>

jnicktem wrote:Sorry I have been so rare these days. Life has been keeping me pretty busy.

Anyways, I received my latest Penman several months ago and have been keeping it a secret. I wanted to get it broken in a little before posting photos of it. Trouble is- well, it's a Penman. If I waited until it looked well used I would be dead.

Nick, that looks great on you. Great shot and I agree, love the shell casing on the back brim.

jnicktem wrote:Sorry I have been so rare these days. Life has been keeping me pretty busy.

Anyways, I received my latest Penman several months ago and have been keeping it a secret. I wanted to get it broken in a little before posting photos of it. Trouble is- well, it's a Penman. If I waited until it looked well used I would be dead.

Dude, I've been waiting for you to reveal this. (You hinted this a while ago...) The wait was worth it, this hat looks... EPIC!!!

John, great work as always!

The hat does look great. I read back through this thread to find Nick's first mention of the hat.

So...

It's a western style.
Made in western grade felt.
It's from a movie.

It has shades of the MWNN hat, but not quite.

Do tell, more details and other picture angles.


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Nick asked for a hat that looked like the one from the 3rd movie of back to the future but with a darker brown color. Which is close to the man with no name hat. The difference between the two is the hat band, the edge treatment. It's simply a western porkpie with a 1 inch ribbon.

Ah, that answers the 'shades of MWNN'. Looks like the crown is a little lower too.


What's the brim width? And is it rabbit or beaver?


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

It's western rabbit but the crown heights of both hats are the same. Brim specs I would have to be at my shop to tell you exactly what it was.

Hey, John -


Have you made many hats with "Western" weight fur? Sounds interesting!!!!

And while this one is rabbit have you tried it with beaver?

Me, I don't know if it's a matter of just thicker fur or more starch or both. Wonderful stuff.

BendingOak wrote:It's western rabbit but the crown heights of both hats are the same. Brim specs I would have to be at my shop to tell you exactly what it was.

Hmm, I'd be interested in what the overall measurements are. The dimensions seem bigger in this picture.



Maybe it's that Nick is a bigger guy than MJF.

Regards,


Indiana Jeff

Crown shape looks different too, but maybe that's deliberate?

Nick is a much bigger gut then MJF. As for crown shape, the hat in the film is distressed and Nicks is new. I would have to destress Nicks hat to get to look more mushroom like. Remember Nick asked for a hat like the one from MJF work in Back to the Future 3. The color isn't the same and I didn't distress it.

I have made several western hats, I don't show them off much because that's not what I really want to do but if a customer ask and I can make it for them I will. I have made in campaign hats, cattlemen hats, and of course porkpie like the one Nick has.

John

Well the BTTF hat is a flat top crown too, no? There is a western block for that very apparent reverse taper.

But anyways, bravo John, and congrats Nick! It's a very distinctive hat, and well proportioned.

jlee562 wrote:Well the BTTF hat is a flat top crown too, no? There is a western block for that very apparent reverse taper.

But anyways, bravo John, and congrats Nick! It's a very distinctive hat, and well proportioned.

BTTF hat is a porkpie and getting that effect is simply having the felt breakdown not the block shape.

But he didn't want the mushrooming ?? The crown obviously expands to the top in BTTF 3, no ??

BendingOak wrote:

jlee562 wrote:Well the BTTF hat is a flat top crown too, no? There is a western block for that very apparent reverse taper.

But anyways, bravo John, and congrats Nick! It's a very distinctive hat, and well proportioned.

BTTF hat is a porkpie and getting that effect is simply having the felt breakdown not the block shape.

Well you're the hatter here


But that's definitely the block and not aging, is it not?

Very cool. I'm all set over here on my Western hats but wondering too, John, if your Western hats are thicker and stiffer (if left up to you) or same thickness/ stiffness as a Raiders hat or whatever.

Some Western hats are obviously like pieces of dang wood. The better places, like Rands and O'Farrell, say that this is so that it doesn't start to droop in the rain.

Or so I was told.

All curiosity and dead cats over here.

jlee562 wrote:

BendingOak wrote:

jlee562 wrote:Well the BTTF hat is a flat top crown too, no? There is a western block for that very apparent reverse taper.

But anyways, bravo John, and congrats Nick! It's a very distinctive hat, and well proportioned.

BTTF hat is a porkpie and getting that effect is simply having the felt breakdown not the block shape.

Well you're the hatter here


But that's definitely the block and not aging, is it not?

Hard to say completly with just that photo but yes in this case it's the block. In the case of the BTTF hat was to be like the man with no name hat which is a straight sided hat and was heavenly distressed.

I have both blocks so either route I want or either hat I can make.

Most people haven't seen the range of hats I have made. Mostly have seen my Indy hats. One, this is indygear and on TFL, well to be honest I'm not permitted to show my hats.

darthjones wrote:Very cool. I'm all set over here on my Western hats but wondering too, John, if your Western hats are thicker and stiffer (if left up to you) or same thickness/ stiffness as a Raiders hat or whatever.

Some Western hats are obviously like pieces of dang wood. The better places, like Rands and O'Farrell, say that this is so that it doesn't start to droop in the rain.

Or so I was told.

All curiosity and dead cats over here.

Not sure what your asking me????

I have access to western felt as well as my dress weight felt that I use for my Indy hats and my non Indy fedoras.

I think he's asking how the western felt you use compares to the dress felt in terms of thickness and stiffness.


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

It's A heavier felt for sure but I'm not sure how heavier and it is has a lot more stiffener.

Right on. Thanks! That is what I was asking for sure.

I've never been concise enough. I should take a course on concise.

My Western hat over here I have is the "Gus" hat from Lonesome Dove. I know that a lot of people produce one but I got it from the people with the block/ did it for Robert Duvall, etc. Very nice.

Just to be clear. I can make that hat in any weight or type of felt you want and I have several sets of blocks.

Wow- looks like my post jump started this thread again!

Here are a couple more pictures that I feel show off this hat pretty well.

Totally love the hat and the way it looks on you. Great choice. I especially love the entire outfit. Bravo

Indeed, that last picture shows off the crown height much better.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

.....and you guys thought I missed the mark.....

BendingOak wrote:.....and you guys thought I missed the mark.....

I didn't...and, obviously neither did Nick ! W>

Nick, I've been thinking about getting a BTTF hat for a while. Nice to see it getting some love here.

I wears in Disney World this past weekend celebrating both my niece's first birthday and our anniversary with my wife. My Penman Raiders hat, now four years old, is my favorite travel hat. I don't vacation without it. So naturally I have some pictures to show off. None really show off how well the hat has held up over the years but are cool to see how the color has faded.

Meeting the Mouse


Belle and Beast looked so happy in that stained glass window that we wanted to look argumentative in this one. This one actually does show off the classic Raiders profile shape.


Outside the new Be Our Guest restaurant. Don't mind the gut here.


Confusing my niece for a turkey leg.


She ended up winning that round.


Dave

Hat showing good wear and ownership ! Love the shot with the hat on your niece! She has the same look my first grandson had when we took a shot of him, when he had just learned to walk! "What in the world is this?" Cool shots! Congrats on your anniversary! W>

jnicktem wrote:Wow- looks like my post jump started this thread again!

Here are a couple more pictures that I feel show off this hat pretty well.

Nick, I like the slight pinch you put in the front. Marty didn't have it in BTTF, but Clint did in MWNN. Great way to bring the two hat together. I did the same with my MWNN-esque hat I got from Peters Brothers.

Dave, your niece looks like, "You bite my leg, I'm gonna punch you right in the jawbone!"

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Haven't got any new lids for some time, but I'm back with this:








John just reblocked and re-ribboned my Fedora Chronicles Electric Speakeasy Hat. Now, it's . . . well, it's not that. It's just a Rabbit Pecan Penman with a plum maroon ribbon.

Bravo to the hatmaker (and re-maker!)

DHW

I don't think there's such a thing as "just a Penman."

Love the maroon ribbon. I've considered trying that color on eithèr a grey or moss green hat.

thanks guys

As far as the "BIG MAJOR RAIDERS PROJECT" is going, I hope it is going well.

We're so very curious if I may speak for more than myself.

Myself, I just got my first two Penman's in the last few months and they are wonderful. A Raiders and a Train (in charcoal instead of granite). Dead on stuff. Really wonderful.

Just saw your announcement on Facebook, John. Tell me when that new rabbit felt becomes available, and I'll be moving money around to get ready.

Very exciting. Can't wait to see the new products.

Nice!!! That will be very cool to see, John. Can't wait for the first pics. I am overwhelmingly happy with the hats I have from you thus far, very content, but it will be more than fun to see what the new stuff looks like.

Funny, I did get to handle an HJ YIJ hat and, apart from the wider brim and ribbon, the "look" can be approached by many a current owner by "opening" the crown at the rear (taking out the deeper crease) and gently lowering the front. Just saying this in case folks want a hint of how it will seem.

There is of course no way to widen the brim on a regular IJ hat but the crown was in some ways simply more "western" in its bashing.

All of this is going to look great and your new Raiders rabbit is going to be the holy grail in many respects I think.

A hat I made for a up and coming minor league baseball play Yogey Perez Ramos

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Here he is after, yet another game wining walk off.

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And the two of us.

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Out of all the amazing Penman Hats.... I've decided that I LOVE this one. "The Penman" is my all time favorite. It's probably goingto be my next fedora acquisition...
John, might I ask what felt is used for this one? The colouring and felt make the creases on the center dent have an amazing look that I don't see on other colours /felts of "The Penman"

Maybe it's the lighting...

Is that not Moss? And looks like a Diamond crease....

Jlee you are correct. It's dark moss with a six point diamond crease.

BendingOak wrote:Jlee you are correct. It's dark moss with a six point diamond crease.

You know, I have been meaning to mention this for a long time, yet keep forgetting to do so -- to me (cover your ears Mickey Spillane) but, this hat, to me, is 'the hat' Mike Hammer would wear -- not a pork pie! This just screams 'everyman,' and yet -- someone to notice, at the same time. I too like this one. However, even though I said my first Penman would be the Casablanca -- I couldn't hold out for the 'Crusader' any longer -- so, literally tossed a coin and it came out 'Crusader,' thus ordered this past week. I am soooooooo excited ! But, I am certain that no one here, would understand this ? Thanks John. Me thinks this could be the beginning of a great relationship! W>

backstagejack wrote: Maybe it's the lighting...

Nope. It's not the lighting.

I ordered one just like that a couple of years ago. It looks that good no matter what the lighting is.

I suspect it even looks that good in the dark.