Cordova Handmade Caps / Johnny J's work

[mikespens]

Well said Eric, I too am a first time client of Johnny and just received my first Cordova cap with your same reservations as to being a cap guy. It is a fine piece of craftsmanship and I'll try and post some pixs later. Mine is just a smidge too big and I blame myself since I supplied the measurement. I mentioned this to Johnny when I let him know the cap arrived stating it was my own fault, his reply was I could send it back and he'd take it in a bit. That's client centric as Eric stated. Think I need to get used to it before I decide on the alteration but knowing Johnny stands behind his work makes me a happy capper.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, indeed. Agreed on all points. Short Balding Guy, except the balding (well, I've started to go a little at the temples now in my 30s - thanks for the genes, dad :eusa_doh we sound pretty much identical in build etc. I know how hard caps can be for our frame!

JohnnyJ's stuff looks excellent!

bk

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Yes, indeed. Agreed on all points. Short Balding Guy, except the balding (well, I've started to go a little at the temples now in my 30s - thanks for the genes, dad :eusa_doh we sound pretty much identical in build etc. I know how hard caps can be for our frame! JohnnyJ's stuff looks excellent! bk

JK, what caps worked for you? Just curious. I have gone thru the thread again scouring for pics. I sourced the Thorpy thread for pics. I checked the merchant sights for cap pics. Any insights?

Hey fellows if you have an opinion, yell.

Capped and looking to be capped tomorrow, Eric -

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

I found that I liked a 10 1/2 dia cap. With a smaller head and even smaller Diameter might be needed. The smaller dia. with let the top of your head hit the top of the crown raising up the sides of the cap some. Cap size like brim size on a fedora is a matter of customer's taste.
An extra full cut cap takes a lot of swagger to wear right.

 

[St. Valentine]

I am pretty sure that Erics cap looks so large on pics because of the camera angle. Especially with wide angels lenses things can distort a lot if you take your picture with an extended arm.
Apart from that Johnnys caps are my favourites! The 20ies style is truly unique here and I don´t think that you can buy a 20ies look cap here in Germany. Where Ed is right about the
the swagger for wearing extra full cut caps I alweays feel that the Ivy or circular seem kind of cap might look a little square these days (YMMV).

I have two of Johnnys caps now and I will be a returning customer for sure!

 

[mikespens]

Inspired by flat-top's order posted here earlier, I ordered a brown Donegal like his. Looks like Thunderball's cap too. I am very pleased with my first custom cap and thanks go to Johnny.

Tried a noggin self portrait but it was unsat so maybe later.

 

[Landman]

Great looking cap Mike! Nice work Johnny.

 

[randooch]

This thread is giving me a serious case of Cap Envy.

 

[Paul Roerich]

What throws me off about this cap is that the cloth on its crown has been placed so that the warp runs from side to side, instead of from front to back. This looks 'jarring' to me: akin to having a pinstripe suit whose stripes run horizontally, instead of vertically. Then again, 99.99% of all human beings would neither notice nor care, so my opinion is worthless.

 

[Chepstow]

Inspired by flat-top's order posted here earlier, I ordered a brown Donegal like his. Looks like Thunderball's cap too. I am very pleased with my first custom cap and thanks go to Johnny.

Tried a noggin self portrait but it was unsat so maybe later.

Mike, beauty Cap, really. Congrats!

 

[mikespens]

What throws me off about this cap is that the cloth on its crown has been placed so that the warp runs from side to side, instead of from front to back. This looks 'jarring' to me: akin to having a pinstripe suit whose stripes run horizontally, instead of vertically. Then again, 99.99% of all human beings would neither notice nor care, so my opinion is worthless.

Paul, I wouldn't say your opinion is worthless but I'm not sure I understand what you mean. To my eye the fabric runs in a cross "X" pattern. If by "warp" you mean it flops side to side I believe that's the intent with this cap style. Front to back "warp" in controlled by how far you pull the back band down.

Mike, Randall, Manfred, thanks. The weather is changing fast over here so looking forward to trying something new to warm the noggin.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Warp as in counterpart to Weft.

I see it, but it doesn't jar for me. Different strokes …

 

[Paul Roerich]

Paul, I wouldn't say your opinion is worthless but I'm not sure I understand what you mean. To my eye the fabric runs in a cross "X" pattern. If by "warp" you mean it flops side to side I believe that's the intent with this cap style. Front to back "warp" in controlled by how far you pull the back band down.

By "warp", I mean the set of lengthwise yarns (or threads) that are held in tension on a frame or loom. The set of yarns (or threads) that are inserted over-and-under the warp threads are called the weft.

The cap's fabric has been set into the crown so that the lengthwise yarns (warp) are running 'east-west', rather than 'north-south'. In other words, the warp is going in the 'direction' that the weft would normally go. Imagine a herringbone tweed jacket whose herringbone stripes ran sideways, rather than up-and-down. This is what I mean by "jarring".

 

[Johnny J]

Yeah, when I cut out the pattern from this fabric I was deciding on that, since when the fabric is layed flat the warp runs like in an angle instead of up and down, so I just decided from what angle it should run.

 

[mikespens]

Paul, out of curiosity I googled "cloth warp" and see that it is a technical term regarding the weave. I still don't see what your referring too but my eye isn't trained in the field of weaving or nice suites for that matter. Bottom line, however the warp is laid I'm happy with the cap but can't rule out I'll understand your critical (as in expertise, not to criticize) eye someday. Sometimes ignorance is bliss

 

[Baron Kurtz]

the cream threads in that fabric are the warp. Brown is the weft.

It would be far more striking if there were, as Paul said, a herringbone or some other robust pattern. Since it's a basic Donegal, you can only just see the "two over" cream threads going from side to side.

 

[mikespens]

Learn something new here everyday.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

we'll be on to bias cutting before you know it!

 

[Feraud]

..totally off-topic but this talk of warp and weft reminds me of my days working knitting machines in a textile factory. That place hot in the summer..

 

[mikespens]

we'll be on to bias cutting before you know it!

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