I entered the eBay auction, first spotted by eagle-eyed Jeff Carter, for the Campana Dreskin (complete with liner notes on the product) and won the auction. I can see from the marketing in the liner notes, which I will scan and post when it arrives, that Campana's hope was that some men would buy this product. I think my reasons for having rejected Dreskin in 2010 as an inferior match to Campana's Italian Balm are valid. Nevertheless, I can see this product will need to be tested by FTIR for any possible match. Living up to Feynman's call for unremitting integrity would require nothing less. I can virtually write the critics' response if we do not:
"...And this Italian Balm that TIGHAR's pr and glass guy, Joe, has foisted upon us, do you know what that has turned out to be? A product marketed to both men and women! The Coast Guard could easily have brought it. It's all there on the eBay auction. You can go there right now and read it..."
I will test the Dreskin. And if I'm wrong about Dreskin as the wrong match for 2-8-S-2a, I will publicly state this (along with a picture of myself wearing a tin-foil hat!)
Joe Cerniglia
TIGHAR #3078 ECR