Usually I will only review items I bought on Amazon. This hat I bought five years ago before Amazon carried the product line. I have a couple of reasons for introducing this now.

But first, women love this hat! Forget about what I might think personally. Women come up to me in places like supermarkets and compliment the hat, just out of the blue. No one ever compliments my other hats like this, not even my much more expensive Indiana Jones hat. But they love his hat. Unfortunately, the interest seems to stop there, and they don't ask me out.

The hat itself has stood up pretty well to five years of use, so for the price it's a good deal. It's not a highly finished hat and doesn't have either a liner or chinstrap, but both would be obtrusive.

My first specific reason for writing has to do with deals. A well-known company whose name rhymes with bats in the belfry is putting these hats on clearance at half what you might see on Amazon. Check these things out, you might get a real bargain.

Second, you will probably find after a couple of years that the crown of the hat is crumpling and the hat looked pretty, well, squashed. This happened to mine. I used spray starch on the inside, a hair dryer to heat up the leather on both sides, and crumpled newspaper to stuff into the hat to help it keep its shape. Then I waited a day. The hat regained its shape. A wipe down with leather conditioner completed the process.

By the way, if you're tempted to spend more to get one of these hats with crocodile or kangaroo leather, don't bother. The regular leather is just as good. Save your money.