Post by Drum on Aug 12, 2024 14:00:16 GMT
It would seem that there are, indeed, two versions of Tilleys TM10 Mesh hat that was apparently quite confusing to both customers and retailers. For all practical matters, the TM10 and the TM10B are essentially identical. The same form and brim dimensions, the same cotton headband and interior labeling and even the same layered mesh materials. The only significant differences between the hat are the model number tags and, the very top of the crown.
As the pictures (stolen from the interwebz) demonstrate, the TM10 has a molded, “fedora-like” crown piece with contours similar to what one might expect on a felt or straw Panama or fedora type hat, while the TM10B, sometimes referred to as a “flat top TM10” dispenses with the contoured crown lid and uses, instead, a flatter crown lid.
Fans of vintage Tilleys should note another aspect of the TM10, and possibly the TM10B, (will confirm this once I can find one to examine) that differs from all other Tilley hats is that there is no separate disc of flotation foam stored inside the “secret pocket”. Instead, the top of the crown is, itself, made of of flotation foam. As indicated, I’m 90% sure that the TM10B is the same.
In terms of production dates from release to discontinuance: it would appear that the TM10 was released in 2006-7, along with the LTM8, LTM9 and TM11. It would appear that the TM10 has since been discontinued, possibly in 2015 after the brand was sold. I am still trying to figure out if the TM10B replaces the TM10 or if they were, at some point, offered together. It would appear, based on internet searches and Amazon feedback, that the TM10B has also been discontinued, sometime prior to 2020.
As mentioned, this information is a work in progress and will be updated as more concrete conclusions become possible. Please post if you have either of these models and can contribute dates or confirm details regarding the crown of the TM10B.
First pics are the TM10, the following pics are the TM10B
(well, it would seem that the attachment interface had other ideas as to order of photos, so… hopefully you can figure it out )
As the pictures (stolen from the interwebz) demonstrate, the TM10 has a molded, “fedora-like” crown piece with contours similar to what one might expect on a felt or straw Panama or fedora type hat, while the TM10B, sometimes referred to as a “flat top TM10” dispenses with the contoured crown lid and uses, instead, a flatter crown lid.
Fans of vintage Tilleys should note another aspect of the TM10, and possibly the TM10B, (will confirm this once I can find one to examine) that differs from all other Tilley hats is that there is no separate disc of flotation foam stored inside the “secret pocket”. Instead, the top of the crown is, itself, made of of flotation foam. As indicated, I’m 90% sure that the TM10B is the same.
In terms of production dates from release to discontinuance: it would appear that the TM10 was released in 2006-7, along with the LTM8, LTM9 and TM11. It would appear that the TM10 has since been discontinued, possibly in 2015 after the brand was sold. I am still trying to figure out if the TM10B replaces the TM10 or if they were, at some point, offered together. It would appear, based on internet searches and Amazon feedback, that the TM10B has also been discontinued, sometime prior to 2020.
As mentioned, this information is a work in progress and will be updated as more concrete conclusions become possible. Please post if you have either of these models and can contribute dates or confirm details regarding the crown of the TM10B.
First pics are the TM10, the following pics are the TM10B
(well, it would seem that the attachment interface had other ideas as to order of photos, so… hopefully you can figure it out )
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