M.C. Gannon Hat Company

[moontheloon]

Is that the one you modeled after Alan's Stetson?

hmmm... don't remember

I do recall having Michael "clone" one of Alan's Borsalino pieces

 

[Frunobulax]

hmmm... don't remember

I do recall having Michael "clone" one of Alan's Borsalino pieces

I think that's what I'm thinking of. I think it was a darker brown, tho.

 

[moontheloon]

I think that's what I'm thinking of. I think it was a darker brown, tho.

yes indeed

 

[StoryPNW]

Well, I'm on the wait list for my first Gannon. Hopefully I'll have my first pure beaver around the end of the year. Now I have to finish deciding the details.

 

[belfastboy]

Well, I'm on the wait list for my first Gannon. Hopefully I'll have my first pure beaver around the end of the year. Now I have to finish deciding the details.

I am thinking that you are in for a treat!!!

 

[1967Cougar390]

I wore my Stratoliner inspired Gannon yesterday. It was raining throughout the day, so the inclement weather called for a robust hat. 100% beaver stood up to the task.

Have a safe, blessed, and an enjoyable Gannon hat day!

Steven

 

[ILB Frank]

I'm just a little bit excited as the hat is underway. There is an issue with the ribbon. I would really like a 5 or 6-ply ribbon. Michael hasn't had any luck finding any (especially since it needs to match up with the whiskey colored felt.
Does anyone have any idea where to possibly find this?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I'm just a little bit excited as the hat is underway. There is an issue with the ribbon. I would really like a 5 or 6-ply ribbon. Michael hasn't had any luck finding any (especially since it needs to match up with the whiskey colored felt.
Does anyone have any idea where to possibly find this?

You would think this would be easy to find but it isn’t. Even the common two cord western ribbon is hard to find; although, Tim (Pure Beaver Hat Supply) offers it now. If you’re set on that ribbon you might need to cannibalize a vintage hat and that will take time or luck or both.

 

[belfastboy]

I'm just a little bit excited as the hat is underway. There is an issue with the ribbon. I would really like a 5 or 6-ply ribbon. Michael hasn't had any luck finding any (especially since it needs to match up with the whiskey colored felt.
Does anyone have any idea where to possibly find this?

True 6 ply is like looking for Yeti (I would say sasquatch but not sure how to spell it). You might consider stacking 2 - 3 ply ribbons....if so check with Tim @purebeavercustomerservice on Instagram.

 

[belfastboy]

You would think this would be easy to find but it isn’t. Even the common two cord western ribbon is hard to find; although, Tim (Pure Beaver Hat Supply) offers it now. If you’re set on that ribbon you might need to cannibalize a vintage hat and that will take time or luck or both.

In my Lounge feed it doesn't show previous replies until after I have posted. So often I post only to discover immediately after I 'post reply' that someone has already provided the same answer. My apologies!!!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

In my Lounge feed it doesn't show previous replies until after I have posted. So often I post only to discover immediately after I 'post reply' that someone has already provided the same answer. My apologies!!!

Same thing happens to me all the time. It’s sometimes nice to have multiple sources confirming the information.

 

[ILB Frank]

True 6 ply is like looking for Yeti (I would say sasquatch but not sure how to spell it). You might consider stacking 2 - 3 ply ribbons....if so check with Tim @purebeavercustomerservice on Instagram.

Michael has 2-ply. Is there a such thing as 4-ply and, if so, is it any easier to find?

 

[belfastboy]

Michael has 2-ply. Is there a such thing as 4-ply and, if so, is it any easier to find?

The only ply ribbon I have come across is two ply and I picked that up from Tim @purebeaver. It is not vintage but modern manufacture.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Gannon is now offering distressed hats. The denizens of Instagram seem to really like it:

Can’t say I’m a fan, but to each their own.

 

[belfastboy]

The only ply ribbon I have come across is two ply and I picked that up from Tim @purebeaver. It is not vintage but modern manufacture.

I checked with Tim and he has 2 & 3 ply ribbon in a limited selection of colours.

 

[Zombie_61]

Gannon is now offering distressed hats. The denizens of Instagram seem to really like it...Can’t say I’m a fan, but to each their own.

I agree. I much prefer distressing my own hats by wearing them.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Gannon is now offering distressed hats. The denizens of Instagram seem to really like it:

Can’t say I’m a fan, but to each their own.

Interesting. I am pleased that Michael has found a new niche of clients. I agree with previous posters that this is not my fav hat treatment. I wear my hats and they have been distressed. I like the "personal distressment" that I apply to each of my Gannon's.

I share some Gannon's that I have been recently distressing.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[ILB Frank]

Giving this thread a bump to tell a bit about my experience with the Gannon Hat Company business. I went on the waiting list in early May. Michael started on the hat in mid-August and did a great job of keeping me in the loop as the hat progressed. For instance, I asked for a certain type of sweatband, Michael sent me images and descriptions of the similar types of sweatbands so I could choose which one I preferred. He kept me well informed on all such details.

Gannon offers to make a hat with a vintage feel and I, of course, requested such a finish. Michael contacted me during the process to let me know the current western weight felts from Winchester were much too stiff to let him work the felt to a vintage finish. He had tried with 2 separate felt bodies; he wasn't satisfied; apologized and offered to try and find a better (less stiff) felt body or refund my deposit. I asked him to proceed with the hat and not worry about the vintage feel for this hat.

I won't go on and on with details as I think the above should illustrate the point I'm trying to make. That point is, Gannon Hat Company is a vintage-type business: Committed to excellence in the product. Focused on customer satisfaction first. I am certain there are other good businesses out there, but Michael Gannon's business practices are very, very rare in today's world.

When my Gannon Big Four arrives I will post some pics and descriptions of the hat, but I felt (pun intended) that the business practices of the Gannon Hat Company deserved a post of its own.

 

[belfastboy]

Gannon is now offering distressed hats. The denizens of Instagram seem to really like it:

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Can’t say I’m a fan, but to each their own.

I don't step outside my bubble that often so I was staggered to see how many of the "nick fouquet" style of hatters are out in the marketplace. Perusing Instagram there are waaaaay more of this BoHo style of hatters out there than classic fedora makers. The strange thing is I have yet to see anyone wearing one out and about. Perhaps I need to get out into the world more. There is a hatter in my city that makes this style and he runs it as livlihood charging twice what I charge and we use all the same materials (except I use vintage ribbon and he uses scrap). Kudos to Michael Gannon for turning out quality examples and understated ones as well. If he can expand his business by tapping into it...more power to him because like Picasso was a classicist painter before he ventured out into Cubism.....Michael will still know how to make a great classic fedora......no matter how much distressing he does.

 

[jeff]

I've assumed (and maybe it's a bad assumption) that the "nick foquet" style hat fans are in their 20s & 30s who go clubbing. Nothing wrong with that, but that's not my crowd.

Then again... I'm not sure who IS my crowd in these pandemic-infused times, where I'm actively trying to NOT get stuck in a room with hundreds of maskless people.