Mr Gibson received a length of cloth made from 18.5-micron merino wool, to be made into a suit, in recognition for winning champion poll merino ram at the recent Upper Clutha A&P Show in Wanaka.
It was particularly fitting given his father, Bill Gibson, started the poll merino breed in New Zealand in 1950 and Malvern Downs was the first stud in the flock book.
Mr Gibson enjoyed showing his sheep, saying it was a good way of measuring his breeding and genetics efforts against those of other breeders.
The winning ram was a 4-tooth ram and it was the second consecutive year it had won at the show.
The fabric was donated by Japanese suit makers Konaka Co Ltd, through wool broker H. Dawson Ltd, which was a sponsor of poll merinos at the show.
Konaka launched a range of coats using New Zealand merino wool, to rival cashmere, attracting considerable media interest in Japan last year.
H. Dawson Ltd business development manager Craig Smith said Konaka wanted to make sure there was a greater understanding of where wool went after it left the growers.
The fabric gift showed the hard work that a grower like Mr Gibson did to produce such a sheep ''actually means something to somebody'', he said.