The Long Oval Unfortunate's Club

[DanielJones]

Sorry lads, couldn't resist. Your monarch awaits.

But I do understand trying to find that hat that will fit at a reasonable price too.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Depending on the hat, anything from a 7 5/8 to 7 3/4. A 7 1/2 if I'm really REALLY lucky. Think one fit once lol

 

[Memo]

I am a 7 3/4 sometimes I can get lucky and a 7 5/8 Long Oval fits, I've had some modern stetsons 7 5/8 fit. Welcome and have fun bidding against us on ebay.

 

[fmw]

Look on the positive side. You're a great candidate for custom hats and custom has are the bees knees.

 

[Oldsarge]

Oh, thank you so much! :eusa_doh:

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Hats that fit seem to depend on what make of hat they are, I normally shoot for a size 7 1/2 but as odd is it is, I have one hat size 7 1/4 that fits! It is real vintage but was brand new never out of the box when I purchased it in 1996, my Dunlap silk finish Fedora tagged 7 1/4, it is snug somewhat but I wear it. I recently purchased a 7 3/8 that fits snug but still works. It must be hard for anyone that goes beyond the 7 1/2 size to find what they are looking for. Just not too many items on eBay that are even 7 1/2 showing up!

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Sorry lads, couldn't resist. Your monarch awaits.

But I do understand trying to find that hat that will fit at a reasonable price too.

Cheers!

Dan

Geez, not to go way off topic, but I think I used to date the red head in this picture here before I met my wife! LOL!

 

[pjt113]

Lookout,

Optimo in Chicago has some long oval blocks

 

[KY Gentleman]

I am a 7 3/4 sometimes I can get lucky and a 7 5/8 Long Oval fits, I've had some modern stetsons 7 5/8 fit. Welcome and have fun bidding against us on ebay.

So YOU'RE the guy I always seem to run into on those hats!

 

[jkingrph]

7 1/4 LO hat, 12 A shoe, in trousers, waist is always an odd measure so they need to be tailored. Guess I was screwed when it comes to sizes.

 

[Wojo]

Optimo put me in my first hat. 8 1/32 in a LO. Tiffany said that they have many customers at or near a size 8. She also said that they were unable to fit a customer whose size was nearing a nine.
God bless his mother!
As long as you have a patient wife and the kids don't mind you burning through the inheritance, custom is the only way to go if you want variety. IMHO

 

[Spats McGee]

I'm a 7 1/2 LO, so I guess I'm in. Size 60 in Akubras. I can only imagine what those Extra Long Ovals have to deal with.

 

[Sefton]

7 7/8 LO. Aside from custom, flat caps are all I wear up top. If it wasn't for the gentlemanly services of Mr.Art Fawcett, my dome would be fedora-less. Despite my residency in California tin foil is not an option...

 

[vintage68]

7 7/8 here. All I wear is custom.

 

[avedwards]

7 3/8 LO in US sizes. I've been quite lucky in that one vintage hat I have just fits and the other is a long oval. Maybe I'm only a very slightly long oval as I've never had too much trouble in getting modern hats to conform to my head shape after a bit of wearing with the sweatband padded at the sides.

 

[DNO]

7 3/8 extra long oval. I have two vintage Stetson fedoras (a weary whippet and another, unidentified) that are 7 3/8 XLO and they fit me perfectly. The rest need some slight stretching and padding whether they are 7 3/8 or 7 1/2. I really feel for you fellows with larger sizes.

 

[scotrace]

I really need to send one of mine back to Art for attention. Mine is so extreme it fights itself back into slight roundness.

 

[T Jones]

I'm one of those unfortunates who's also long oval...and those LO sizes are getting hard to find, especially trying to find one that I don't have to pay out the whazoo for. I have a Resistol Stagecoach that I wanted to convert and have reblocked to my 7 1/8 LO head size. Lucky for me, a fellow Lounger, John Galt, has that very block. I sent my Resistol off to him and now the hat fits perfect. In fact, he's just finishing up reblocking another one for me in a 7 1/8 LO.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I'm too a LO... even in westerns, those are hard to find.

 

[1mach1]

7 1/4 extra long oval. I can fit into 7 3/8 and 7 1/4 long oval, but it's not the same. I have one Kevin McAndrew 7 1/4 ELO that is perfect. All the others are OK. It's also a hard job to find eyeglasses, especially sunglasses, that fit properly. I guess my head is too much of a long oval.