M.C. Gannon Hat Company

[Short Balding Guy]

1920s dress fedora

Absoluetly gorgeous hats! The hat and shoe pic is stunning. The 20's dress hat and the curvaceous, striking shoes are quite a combo. I hope these hats find a place on your hat rack next to your other bespoke hats. Congrats sir!

Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon, Eric -

 

[Tukwila]

2 projects in the works with Michael.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

2 projects in the works with Michael.

Congrats! When it is appropriate do reveal the details. I am curious as to what hats will be added to your prodigious hat rack.

BTW: Gannon (bone beaver felt) got the call earlier today.

Eric -

 

[Tukwila]

Dark moss and blue smoke.... when I can get to the post office.

I wear my Gannon natural a lot. It's definitely a top favorite at Casa de Tuk.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Dark moss and blue smoke.... when I can get to the post office.

I wear my Gannon natural a lot. It's definitely a top favorite at Casa de Tuk.

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Haha! I’m sending one of my VS blue smoke hat bodies to Michael too! I’m thinking of a thin ribbon OR clone with as much brim as he can squeeze out of the body. What direction are you planning on going?

 

[Rmccamey]

Hey...take it offline guys, you are making ths rest of us really jealous and being sheltered at home, very desperate!!!

Haha! I’m sending one of my VS blue smoke hat bodies to Michael too! I’m thinking of a thin ribbon OR clone with as much brim as he can squeeze out of the body. What direction are you planning on going?

 

[Rmccamey]

Gannon Sahara and Antique Copper.

 

[belfastboy]

If I can come up with a style idea and a colour combo to get excited about a Gannon is next on my list.

 

[Rmccamey]

GoodGodYouGottaGetAGreatGannon!

If I can come up with a style idea and a colour combo to get excited about a Gannon is next on my list.

 

[Just A Hat Rack]

If I can come up with a style idea and a colour combo to get excited about a Gannon is next on my list.

I'm with you. I plan on going the Gannon route once I can scrounge up the money for a new hat. I had a direction that I want to go, but the more I see around here makes me want to change my mind!

 

[belfastboy]

I'm with you. I plan on going the Gannon route once I can scrounge up the money for a new hat. I had a direction that I want to go, but the more I see around here makes me want to change my mind!

Yes, having all this visual input is not necessarily a good thing

 

[belfastboy]

GoodGodYouGottaGetAGreatGannon!

I have one of his earlier works and I love it. It is time to revisit his work and observe the evolution.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

If I can come up with a style idea and a colour combo to get excited about a Gannon is next on my list.

Curious as to specifics. What color are you going with?

 

[belfastboy]

Curious as to specifics. What color are you going with?

The colour has and is my stumbling block with both a Gannon and in my hunt for a Fepsa. I have no problem sticking with my style, 6" open, 2 5/8" brim or maybe an 'Arizona' type but I have all the Winchester colours they offer that I am interested in. I keep hoping for a new colour release. The only one is perhaps the Willow but I am wary of not really having anything to wear it with. I was going to go with Navy as Michael has some soft handed navy beaver in stock but then I made a dark blue in the hat class. The only other is a beaver rust but I am not sure Michael offers that in beaver...just bunny. I need check on that.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

The colour has and is my stumbling block with both a Gannon and in my hunt for a Fepsa. I have no problem sticking with my style, 6" open, 2 5/8" brim or maybe an 'Arizona' type but I have all the Winchester colours they offer that I am interested in. I keep hoping for a new colour release. The only one is perhaps the Willow but I am wary of not really having anything to wear it with. I was going to go with Navy as Michael has some soft handed navy beaver in stock but then I made a dark blue in the hat class. The only other is a beaver rust but I am not sure Michael offers that in beaver...just bunny. I need check on that.

I hear you. I have a willow hat, and while I think the hat is beautiful, I don’t wear it much and don’t really have anything that pairs well with it. Navy is nice. I’d like to find an old dye black cherry, but not much chance of that. I have two blue smoke felts and Michael will get one and I think Rick will get the other once he’s more caught up. That will give me three blue smoke hats, but they will be substantially different in style.

 

[belfastboy]

I hear you. I have a willow hat, and while I think the hat is beautiful, I don’t wear it much and don’t really have anything that pairs well with it. Navy is nice. I’d like to find an old dye black cherry, but not much chance of that. I have two blue smoke felts and Michael will get one and I think Rick will get the other once he’s more caught up. That will give me three blue smoke hats, but they will be substantially different in style.

Yes, I have a blue smoke felt from Art. I left it at my motor home parked in Washington state. So it is going to be a while before I can access them. I may end up sending one to Michael to work on. It is a great colour.

 

[Tukwila]

Haha! I’m sending one of my VS blue smoke hat bodies to Michael too! I’m thinking of a thin ribbon OR clone with as much brim as he can squeeze out of the body. What direction are you planning on going?

A mid ribbon OR clone with 2-3/4" brim and as much crown height as he can squeeze out of the body!

 

[steur]

Gannon Sahara and Antique Copper.

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Fantastic colour combination, Randy.

 

[rharlow]

Hi all, I'd be grateful for color advice for a commission from Gannon. I'd like a hat that will compliment my tweed-heavy fall and spring suits and jackets. My tweeds tend toward the brown and green spectrum, as one would imagine, and I wear other odd jackets in similar colors, with a covert coat or beige rain coat and a range of brown, or occasionally burgundy, shoes. I don't wear so much in the black/gray/blue spectrums. A hat newby here, I'd been mostly wearing flat caps until I picked up my first fedora a couple months ago, a dark brown, short-brimmed beaver from Henri-Henri in Montreal.

So, I'm looking for a lighter color to alternate with my dark brown, but one that will compliment my tweedy wardrobe. I like what I've seen in sahara with antique copper--lighter than I'd been considering, but it might be quite fetching. I've also been considering camel or whiskey. The Gannon whiskeys I've seen on this thread seem to very, some are more dark brown, while others evoke subtle greenish tones (the latter might be nice for tweed suits, which tend toward the green). I'd be grateful for any expert advice you might have (take it easy on the noob, this my first post!). Many thanks!

 

[Tukwila]

I'd say your whiskey is a great pick. Pecan would also work.