M.C. Gannon Hat Company

[Rumad]

That is one sharp hat!

Thank you sir!

 

[Rumad]

NHD (New Hat Day) is coming shortly - congrats! A fine blue with dusty rose trimmings is what my computer screen shows. The band and interior is cool. Excellent fedora. If that hat does not catch attention nothing will. Congrats again sir.

Thanks Eric. It took me long enough to decide I figured I’d do it right.

 

[Rumad]

Alan your Gannon looks great. What are the specifications?
Steven

Thanks man. Navy blue 100x beaver with the super pouncing to thin out and soften the crown. Burgundy ribbons, 22ligne on the crown, 3/8” binding. Also the sweat is burgundy. The hat will come open crown and the brim has a low flange. That cover it?

 

[1967Cougar390]

Thanks man. Navy blue 100x beaver with the super pouncing to thin out and soften the crown. Burgundy ribbons, 22ligne on the crown, 3/8” binding. Also the sweat is burgundy. The hat will come open crown and the brim has a low flange. That cover it?

Awesome! You covered it.

 

[Zombie_61]

Looks like I’ll be a member of the club very soon. I got a couple pics a little while ago and it will be in the mail soon...

Hokey smokes Bullwinkle!!! At this point I can only echo what has already been said. Stunning!

 

[Rumad]

Hokey smokes Bullwinkle!!! At this point I can only echo what has already been said. Stunning!

Thank you, Rocky!

 

[Zombie_61]

Thank you, Rocky!

 

[Tukwila]

Love a navy blue hat!

 

[Rumad]

Well THAT was an unexpected change of events lol

 

[Tukwila]

Steven; Michael has a lot of options. Example: Here is a very cool green sweat.

A natural sweatband.

Interesting to see what folks choose.

Cheers, Eric -

Those natural sweatbands do turn color after you wear them, taking on oils from your skin. But they are the most comfortable sweats I have ever had the pleasure to wear on my head. I have one on my natural Gannon.

 

[Tukwila]

Sunrise is having trouble keeping up with demand. I have a second similar hat about to come up in Gannon’s queue that has similar felt. I’ll update the Sunrise thread later, but they are a good company to work with and you can order the felt of Michael can order it for you when you order one of his hats.

https://www.sunrisehatsupplies.com/collections/coypu-hat-bodies

They seem to have a lot of the 220 gram hat bodies in right now. I took a chance based on your good fortune with the natural nutria hat body, and ordered one. I even paid the extra 20 cents to upgrade shipping to USPS Priority Mail!

 

[Tukwila]

My latest Gannon:
This is a 100% nutria fur felt from Sunrise Hat Supply in Berkeley, California. The color is their version of Natural. I received the hat body from Sunrise and immediately noticed that it was a LOT less stiff than my previous two western hat bodies. The unfinished felt gave me great hope for the hat. I sent the felt to Gannon with a request that the crown thickness and feel be made more like a cross between a fedora and a typical western. Michael didn’t have a flange for the 3 1/2” brim that I wanted, so I bought the flange from the Hatters Supply House and had it shipped to Michael. The hat has an open crown of just under 6 1/2 inches and a bound brim width of 3 1/2 inches. The felt is absolutely incredible! It isn’t the clay or putty type that stays wherever you put it, but it’s soft and with gentle pressure you can crease the crown deeply and it’s also pops back to open crown without fuss and without crease lines in the felt. A little steam got it to stay in whatever crease I wanted. Michael chose the ribbon and binding, and I mostly stayed out of his way.

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The felt really does change color depending on the light.

I can’t overstate how happy I am with how the hat turned out. Michael exceeded my already high expectations in every way! For my uses and preferences it’s heads and shoulders better than Winchester’s western beaver felt. This is close to great vintage western felt, and that’s saying something. My concerns are you don’t know what kind of felt you’re going to get from Sunrise until you have it in hand.

This really is an exceptional hat, Brent. I'm very impressed. As stated above, I just bought a nutria 220 gram hat body in natural in the hopes of scoring one as nice as you have here. Very nice indeed.

 

[Rumad]

My Gannon arrived late this morning. The navy and burgundy are gorgeous, and go very well together and the ribbon/bow work is really fantastic but what stands out to me, as a few of you have said, the pouncing is just amazing. It’s so soft and malleable. It just loves being touched. Anyway, it’s tax season so my personal photographer (AKA the wife) is hard to catch up with. I’ll get some decent pictures as soon as I can but I had to share. These two are pretty soon after it came out of the box, with a dry crease. I tried a diamond, as I prefer, but the hat was asking for a teardrop (or c-crown, whichever you prefer) so that’s what it’s got now. Later I touched up the side dents with a little bit of steam, as they wouldn’t stay put the way I wanted them to. Thanks to a bunch of you for the recommendation and all the guidance. Ciao for now.

 

[Tukwila]

Razor sharp!

 

[Woodtroll]

My Gannon arrived late this morning. The navy and burgundy are gorgeous, and go very well together and the ribbon/bow work is really fantastic but what stands out to me, as a few of you have said, the pouncing is just amazing. It’s so soft and malleable. It just loves being touched. Anyway, it’s tax season so my personal photographer (AKA the wife) is hard to catch up with. I’ll get some decent pictures as soon as I can but I had to share. These two are pretty soon after it came out of the box, with a dry crease. I tried a diamond, as I prefer, but the hat was asking for a teardrop (or c-crown, whichever you prefer) so that’s what it’s got now. Later I touched up the side dents with a little bit of steam, as they wouldn’t stay put the way I wanted them to. Thanks to a bunch of you for the recommendation and all the guidance. Ciao for now. View attachment 313229 View attachment 313230 View attachment 313231

That really turned out nice! Congratulations!

 

[Short Balding Guy]

My Gannon arrived late this morning. The navy and burgundy are gorgeous, and go very well together and the ribbon/bow work is really fantastic but what stands out to me, as a few of you have said, the pouncing is just amazing. It’s so soft and malleable. It just loves being touched. Anyway, it’s tax season so my personal photographer (AKA the wife) is hard to catch up with. I’ll get some decent pictures as soon as I can but I had to share. These two are pretty soon after it came out of the box, with a dry crease. I tried a diamond, as I prefer, but the hat was asking for a teardrop (or c-crown, whichever you prefer) so that’s what it’s got now. Later I touched up the side dents with a little bit of steam, as they wouldn’t stay put the way I wanted them to. Thanks to a bunch of you for the recommendation and all the guidance. Ciao for now. View attachment 313229 View attachment 313230 View attachment 313231

Just glorious! I can not wait to see more of this hat in your posts. Congrats to both you and Mr.Gannon.

 

[Rumad]

Just glorious! I can not wait to see more of this hat in your posts. Congrats to both you and Mr.Gannon.

Thanks Eric, you were a big help. And enabler lol

 

[Hurricane Jack]

My Gannon arrived late this morning

Top Drawer by a top drawer hatter! Love the flat flange & you wear it well!

 

[Tukwila]

Top Drawer by a top drawer hatter! Love the flat flange & you wear it well!

I completely agree. Love the flatter flange Michael uses on these hats.

 

[Rumad]

Top Drawer by a top drawer hatter! Love the flat flange & you wear it well!

Thanks HJ. Somehow it’s found it’s way back in my head today.