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Penman Hats

Benzadmiral

Call Me a Cab
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The Swamp
A beautiful Indy, sir!

I noted that on John's "Men's Hats" page, he has a new model called the "Unipiper." He describes it as "[T]his Beautiful pork pie hat, inspired by the turn-of-the-century was designed for Portland's own Brian Kidd, aka, 'The Unipiper.' It features a short brim and a rust-colored ribbon with complementary bound edge. The felt is a whiskey colored and is made of 100% rabbit. The knot of the bow is very distinctive with it's two-tone navy and rust design."

Now take a look at that. Doesn't it look a lot like the hat worn by Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy? A little wider ribbon, but otherwise . . . eh?
 

rogerstg

A-List Customer
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325
Location
Rhode Island
I have literally been waiting 33 years to own this hat... Since the day I walked out of that theater at 8 years old

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Gorgeous hat, and I'd say it was worth the wait!

Roger
 

javadave61

Practically Family
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891
Location
Harrisburg, PA
Moon, I originally got my dark brown Fed IV for similar (sentimental) reasons. But while the Fed IV has excellent Indy dimensions, it fails to have the softness that is so evident in the original Indy hat. Yours has that. Such a treasure.
 

Motorcyclist

Familiar Face
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86
Location
Durham, NC
Anyone have a "Penman"? Love the look of it and actually like the color of the one he has shown on his website but I don't see any mention of which color that is. Does anyone know? Could it be the pecan or just natural?
 

RJR

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10,620
Location
Iowa
I have several of John's hats.The "Penman"is a style,I believe he'll make it in the color of your choice.Easy guy to work with;call or email him.
 

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