I'm expecting the granite to be great. From the pictures and toughts of members here I think it's a good color choice. It was pretty much mine and my wife's first choices as well. This will be my only hat aside from 2 panamas so I wet with the most utilitarian color I saw and for me it was granite. Hopefully I'll get a progress picture as it gets worked on so I can share that and see what Art has on his mind, haha.