Recent content by dschonn

I wore my bluegrass green Camp Draft yesterday but forgot to post the picture. I've been playing with the crease on my Gannon lately, mostly varying the side dents to look more interesting: But sometimes I change the crease up to a deeper, more 1930s style, which I would call a six-point...

Thanks! I have some family in Portland, so we spent a day or two there at either end of the trip, but most of the time the whole clan was in Yachats at a nice little vacation rental place. It was very peaceful; many a book was read and many a libation enjoyed, and we all liked watching the sun...

I returned home on Tuesday from a family vacation on the Oregon coast. This is a photo I took on the beach there. It was very relaxing, and I didn't get onto the fedora lounge at all, so I found over a hundred unread pages in this thread. I hope nobody will be offended too terribly if I don't...

Thanks, all! I had hoped it would be a very durable hat. And by all accounts it sounds like it should be. It could be the memory of the crease in the felt that causes the appearance of taper; since the rain, the crease won't come all the way out back to smooth open crown (not without steam...

It's taken me several days, but I've finally gotten around to taking some good pictures of my Gannon hat. Top view of crease by dschonn, on Flickr Hat on head by dschonn, on Flickr I'm trying out this brim shape for now. It's kind of like the curve on the western hats I like best, and on a...

It may also be that she has her (quite lovely) hair in a ponytail and the hat is pulled down over it in back, thus deforming the crown a little.

I wore my new Gannon today. This picture is from yesterday, but it's the same hat. I adjusted the saturation and contrast, but the lens flare is real. That's how majestic this hat is.

Thanks for the kind words, guys! I took several pictures yesterday evening, but when I try to upload them here, they come out sideways. So here are a couple of indoor shots from just moments ago. The hat has a six-inch open crown creased to about four and three quarters front and back and...

I just posted this in the "What Hat Are You Waiting For Today?" thread, but it belongs here, too. Here's my just-finished commission from Mr. Gannon:

I haven't posted anything here in many years, but I just got word that the hat I commissioned from Michael Gannon is on its way to me. And since I wouldn't have known about Gannon Hat Company without this fine forum, I figure I owe you guys a thank you. Here's a picture he sent me of the hat:

I like Johnny Depp's style. I think it suits his personality, and it parallels his acting style to a degree. Most of his memorable roles are a mishmash of different disparate affectations, but he employs them with such conviction and skill that it works most of the time. What I don't like...

Hoods with hats?

Well written. I sew buttons on in almost exactly the same way, but I start on the outside of the fabric, so that when I pull the needle back up through the fabric and the loop of thread, the button will hide the knot. Also that way I don't have to hold the button and match in place until I...

I've had a practically fool-proof "camera smile" since I was about ten years old and my sister and mother made fun of me for my goofy smile in a certain family portrait. I can make it exactly the same every time now, if I want. It looks very natural, shows all but maybe one or two of my teeth...

I was standing on a street corner yesterday wearing my Federation and waiting for a walk signal, and a fellow passing by on a vespa-type motor scooter called out to me "Nice Borsalino!" I was so surprised that I only grinned and didn't think to yell thanks until he was well out of earshot. I...