Post by Drum on Jun 14, 2024 12:29:24 GMT
After a recent and, admittedly, shallow dive into the subject, I have read that the median hat size for adult males is 7 1/4. For adult females, it’s a size 7.
i would say that this conclusion is very much born out by what I see in my semi-daily perusals of “pre-owned” and “vintage” Tilley hats around the interwebs. Larger hats, including my preferred 7 3/4 (pre-‘95) and 7 7/8 (post-‘95) hat sizes (my head is a bit bigger than 61cm) are, indeed, fewer and further between. The VAST majority of used Tilleys online are sized between 7 and 7 1/4.
My takeaway from this module is that those of us who are blessed/cursed with larger skulls will have fewer hats to consider, especially now that China has, wisely, narrowed the Tilley size offerings from more than eight sizes down to exactly four.
(S, M, L and XL)
kinda hard to blame them for that when one considers the average sizes of adult (the only one who can afford a new Tilley) heads and also the fact that Tilley hats are now mass produced by robots and machines (hopefully).
Anyway, for those who are looking for the rare larger Tilleys or, perhaps some unique or rare Tilleys, check out the new “Marketplace” forum that Neil has provided us. I will be posting anything I find (at least anything I’m not hoping to buy for myself).
Thanks Neil!
i would say that this conclusion is very much born out by what I see in my semi-daily perusals of “pre-owned” and “vintage” Tilley hats around the interwebs. Larger hats, including my preferred 7 3/4 (pre-‘95) and 7 7/8 (post-‘95) hat sizes (my head is a bit bigger than 61cm) are, indeed, fewer and further between. The VAST majority of used Tilleys online are sized between 7 and 7 1/4.
My takeaway from this module is that those of us who are blessed/cursed with larger skulls will have fewer hats to consider, especially now that China has, wisely, narrowed the Tilley size offerings from more than eight sizes down to exactly four.
(S, M, L and XL)
kinda hard to blame them for that when one considers the average sizes of adult (the only one who can afford a new Tilley) heads and also the fact that Tilley hats are now mass produced by robots and machines (hopefully).
Anyway, for those who are looking for the rare larger Tilleys or, perhaps some unique or rare Tilleys, check out the new “Marketplace” forum that Neil has provided us. I will be posting anything I find (at least anything I’m not hoping to buy for myself).
Thanks Neil!
