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No, cedar will not kill moths or larvae. It will at best keep the moths at bay when the cedar is new and strong, but even then, don't count on it. To minimize the chances of moth damage of items not to worn for a month or more, things must first be dry-cleaned (cleaned and blocked in the...

As I said previously, if, you must have only one hat, make it gray. And I agree, Dumbjaw, with only two hats, a gray and a mid-brown are the two colors to have. At three, add a charcoal. Everybody needs a charcoal. Or a true black. Can't decide? Get both. With four--make that...

Thanks. I had a cat named Henry, superb mouser, excellent leaper. But I digress. Being an both an Indy Jones and hat fanatic, I could not get an Adventurebilt in time to wear to the Spring '08 film, so I got an Akubra Adventurer from David Morgan, instead. Unfortunately, as I...

Are you sure it's not your husband, but the hat that's been in Iraq, active duty, front lines? You could fix it yourself via the extensive tips here, but re-shaping a pinched telescope crown can be tricky for a first-timer, so I recommend having it professionally cleaned and re-blocked...

AB = AdventureBilt. Duh. So obvious now, but it does look good enough to be a custom hat. Cheers!

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Love the shape and the wide, darker ribbon. I can even tell from the pics how smooth and even the felt is. Like the deep side dents with the tight pinch in front, too, though the center crease looks a bit off center in that last rear-view photo. If...

You can do this fairly easily yourself using a clothes iron with steam, spray starch, and a good, heavy-duty ironing board. First, make sure the iron has no rusty water in it, and the face plate is free of any rust or starch build-up. Fill up the iron with distilled water. Never use tap...

OK, I think that we've established that so-called "objective" measures of hat quality leave so much variability as to be anything but. I think the lesson here is, if you are not yourself an expert, always do business with a reputable merchant who is--like Panama Bob. Of course, if you...

You are, indeed, a brave man. Where I'm from, were you to be seen in public in such a hat, in no time a man would approach you and ask, "I wanna blonde, tall, leggy, big ta-tas. How much for an hour?" Perhaps this could segue into an additional source of income--ha!

Hathead, Sorry I mispoke about the Christys' form Hornet Hats being cheap Chinese crap. I was simply reasoning that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That's a helluva bargain! Naturally, post pics when it arrives. But you could have gotten almost two...

Ordered a 7 1/8 Acorn Fawn Stylemaster from Everything Australian this morning for, are you ready for this? U.S. $54.90 + cheapest (10-day) S & H $11.30 = $66.20 total! That's less than half what you'd pay for a similar fedora in the U.S. At these prices, I was tempted to get several more...

Scary big rabbits. In fact, "hare-raising."

Pulled the trigger on the 7 1/8 Acorn Fawn Stylemaster this morning at EA. Price was a ridiculously low $54.90, and with shipping, a mere $66.20 total U.S. dollars! Am I dreaming? Or maybe died and gone to heaven? Let's see, what Akubras do I not yet have? There's the Whippet, the...

Don't have an Akubra Bogart--yet--but I do have a Casual I got last winter for extensive business air travel. I figured if someone sat on it (see below), I would not have to react in my usual way, which would lead to an immediate appointment with Security, notoriously unsympathetic. Anyway...