I Think I'm Turning Into Obie.
Title says it all.
I met Obie at the Kenosha, WI meetup a couple months ago. He came in as quite an unassuming character, just chuckling at all our jokes. Then he opens this small case he brought with him, only to unveil two of the most beautiful Hess razors I've ever seen. After this, he starts telling us of all the travels he's been on, his time spent in Syria, fantastic stories of people he worked alongside while in Public Radio...etc, you get the idea.
Then I find out that he loves soaps, too!
So I just perused Al's website, looking at all the soaps he has to offer, not easily deciding which one I would love to try, only to (at the bottom) find a 7-day set of samples. I just about broke my jaw when it hit the floor.
Oh, and I've got a jar of Martin de Candre coming soon, too.
And apparently there's this little company called Castle Forbes that makes some good soap, too. And Truefitt & Hill. And Colonial. And Mama Bear. Not to mention Mitchell's Wool Fat, Proraso, Shave Den, SRD Custom soaps, Omega, Connaught, L'Occitane (I don't even know how to SAY that!), Trumpers, Crabtree&Evelyn, Tabac, KD Creations, CarrieM's custom soaps....
I figure that at my going-rate, I'll eventually get to try all of those within the next 30 years. Not bad!
Now all I need to do to complete the transformation is buy me some DE's!
Any advice?
Anyone else have this problem?
There's danger in talking to Obie about soaps
Perhaps the wallet should have to have a cooling off period after talking to Obie about soaps - no purchases for a month or something. His taste in suds is exquisite. Fortunately not ALL of them cost body parts. If there's one opinion I want on a soap/cream - its Obie's.