Penman Hats

FedOregon · Aug 31, 2016

I've posted before, but I love my Everyman Indy "Skull" hat. It fits real well as I went up in size from 59cm to 60cm, better than any other factory sized hat I've purchased and the felt is really nice. I'm in queue for a handmade Penman in December, and it's hard waiting.

... can I just add something here? I purchased a NOS (new, old stock) Stetson "Murphy" fedora, graphite in color, with "Ultimate Imperial" imprinted on the sweatband. I got it for a good price... but I'm telling you - in comparison - my "factory/production" Penman "Everyman" Indy hat is soooooooooooooo much better. Head and shoulders above in quality. From the felt, to the sewing, etc... the Everyman hat is N-I-C-E NICE. I won't buy another new Stetson felt hat. It was a big disappointment.

Bird Lives · Sep 1, 2016

FedOregon said:
I've posted before, but I love my Everyman Indy "Skull" hat. It fits real well as I went up in size from 59cm to 60cm, better than any other factory sized hat I've purchased and the felt is really nice. I'm in queue for a handmade Penman in December, and it's hard waiting.

... can I just add something here? I purchased a NOS (new, old stock) Stetson "Murphy" fedora, graphite in color, with "Ultimate Imperial" imprinted on the sweatband. I got it for a good price... but I'm telling you - in comparison - my "factory/production" Penman "Everyman" Indy hat is soooooooooooooo much better. Head and shoulders above in quality. From the felt, to the sewing, etc... the Everyman hat is N-I-C-E NICE. I won't buy another new Stetson felt hat. It was a big disappointment.

Hey man....I'm just trying to catch up here.....Congrats on the good news from you Dr's...Wishing you nothing but the best....

BTW...that Penman looks Great!

FedOregon · Sep 1, 2016

Bird Lives, is that a reference to Charlie Parker? Thanks for the kind words!

Bird Lives · Sep 2, 2016

FedOregon said:
Bird Lives, is that a reference to Charlie Parker? Thanks for the kind words!

Yep....Most of my Teen and Adult life has been spent trying to internalize some of the magic that was Yard Bird...
I'm a trumpet player, hense my avatar...Hey @EstherWeis , It's never to late, to start playing any music instrument...if you want to play trumpet, go for it....life is short, music is precious...get a horn and enjoy, if you hear the call...

I don't want to hijack anything here....so heres a link to a couple things I recorded...I hope you dig em.. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-are-you-listening-to.11665/page-712

Now back to your previously recorded programing....

EstherWeis · Sep 2, 2016

Bird Lives said:
Yep....Most of my Teen and Adult life has been spent trying to internalize some of the magic that was Yard Bird...
I'm a trumpet player, hense my avatar...Hey @EstherWeis , It's never to late, to start playing any music instrument...if you want to play trumpet, go for it....life is short, music is precious...get a horn and enjoy, if you hear the call...

I don't want to hijack anything here....so heres a link to a couple things I recorded...I hope you dig em.. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-are-you-listening-to.11665/page-712

Now back to your previously recorded programing....

Who knows.
for now just love listening to them.
I get mushy on the inside listening to a good trumpet player.
Such an incredible art.

FedOregon · Sep 2, 2016

Bird Lives said:
Yep....Most of my Teen and Adult life has been spent trying to internalize some of the magic that was Yard Bird...
I'm a trumpet player, hense my avatar...Hey @EstherWeis , It's never to late, to start playing any music instrument...if you want to play trumpet, go for it....life is short, music is precious...get a horn and enjoy, if you hear the call...

I don't want to hijack anything here....so heres a link to a couple things I recorded...I hope you dig em.. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-are-you-listening-to.11665/page-712

Now back to your previously recorded programing....

Very cool tunes. I used to play sax, clarinet and a (very) little flute.

Bird Lives · Sep 3, 2016

FedOregon said:
Very cool tunes. I used to play sax, clarinet and a (very) little flute.

What do you mean "used".....once a saxologist, always a saxologist....lol!

Bird Lives · Sep 3, 2016

EstherWeis said:
Who knows.
for now just love listening to them.
I get mushy on the inside listening to a good trumpet player.
Such an incredible art.

Bet you dig Chet....

EstherWeis · Sep 3, 2016

Bird Lives said:
Bet you dig Chet....

One album that was on repeat in my workshop at one point.

He has this way of playing in a very talkative manner if you know what I mean. Very appealing to listen to I find.

bendingoak · Sep 3, 2016

Just wanted let you guys and dolls know what's new with Penman hats

http://penmanhats.com/Panama_Hats.html

RJR · Sep 3, 2016

bendingoak said:
Just wanted let you guys and dolls know what's new with Penman hats

http://penmanhats.com/Panama_Hats.html

Good looking panamas,John.

Bird Lives · Sep 3, 2016

Wow! Beautiful Panamas.....Wish I didn't live in the rain capital of the World...}8^))

bendingoak · Sep 4, 2016

I live in Oregon so I feel your pain but there still is a couple months were I wear a Panama hat.

FedOregon · Nov 2, 2016

I wasn't expecting this until December, so a call from John yesterday afternoon was a nice surprise. This morning we spoke about felt colors, ribbons, bow treatments.... all the FUN stuff!

What a boat load of changing ideas... I started with ordering a custom beaver Last Crusade fedora but couldn't stand waiting so I grabbed an Everyman and John creased it for me to look like the Crystal Skull hat. Then the pre-order came up for the non-Indy Everyman hat in granite, so I had to order one of those.

Anyway, so I've changed my mind a few dozen times over the last few months (brown, dark moss, bone, sahara.....) and only this morning.... did I finally settle on the Steel beaver felt, a grey with blue under tones. It sounds great! And I've seen a few hats made with this felt and I really like it.

We'll be figuring out what to settle on for ribbon, brim and bow over the next few days and I am very excited to have Penman custom, handmade fedora coming home in the not too distant future. This is actually the first custom hat I ever ordered but it's going on the block now!

Bob Roberts · Nov 2, 2016

I can feel your excitement.

FedOregon · Nov 2, 2016

I was told to think about Christmas time for the custom, so this is 7+ weeks early. Awesome! This will be the last hat of 2016. What a year!

FedOregon · Nov 5, 2016

I spent some time in John's shop yesterday picking out ribbons and designing the bow and knot treatment. What a time! It was great.

Check out his facebook page for Cool design on a black cherry homburg. What a color! It has brown tones in it.

FedOregon · Dec 3, 2016

Wow! I picked up my beaver Steel fedora this afternoon. I love it. I'll try and some pictures tomorrow...

Bob Roberts · Dec 3, 2016

FedOregon said:
Wow! I picked up my beaver Steel fedora this afternoon. I love it. I'll try and some pictures tomorrow...

You better.

Redfokker · Dec 3, 2016

Can't wait to see them. This is the hat I've been thinking about ordering from them.

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