Chippy
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Thought I'd add my 2cents since this is mostly a "Give Smaug some life building advice" thread.
Shaving. Think about how much money you're gonna spend on shaving for the rest of your life - let's say at least 70 years. You use disposable razors, shaving cream & balm at approx £10 a month, or some electric razor that only last 5 min and you need to replace the foil all the time. You're looking at a min of £8000 > £10,000 over the course of your life.
Buy a cut-throat razor like a proper prestigious gent, watch a video on how to sharpen it (I recommend a Japanese waterstone) and a leather strop. Get one made out of proper A2 grade tool steel - where the entire blade has been hardened and tempered (so you can pass it onto your grandkids) and it isn't just a piece of sharpened alloy that gets dull after 5 shaves. And learn the skill of shaving with it.
I recommend arms Edit: THE TOP/FOREARM PART NOT THE WRIST AREA > sideburns > go from there.
Admittedly it's cool to use this type of razor, but if it wasn't, and you gave no shits about what people think, and you put the effort in (instead of the using throw-away easy shit) you can apply this concept to most of stuff in life and you will make/save a lot of money.
Shaving. Think about how much money you're gonna spend on shaving for the rest of your life - let's say at least 70 years. You use disposable razors, shaving cream & balm at approx £10 a month, or some electric razor that only last 5 min and you need to replace the foil all the time. You're looking at a min of £8000 > £10,000 over the course of your life.
Buy a cut-throat razor like a proper prestigious gent, watch a video on how to sharpen it (I recommend a Japanese waterstone) and a leather strop. Get one made out of proper A2 grade tool steel - where the entire blade has been hardened and tempered (so you can pass it onto your grandkids) and it isn't just a piece of sharpened alloy that gets dull after 5 shaves. And learn the skill of shaving with it.
Don't practice on any sensitive area/vital area of your body
Admittedly it's cool to use this type of razor, but if it wasn't, and you gave no shits about what people think, and you put the effort in (instead of the using throw-away easy shit) you can apply this concept to most of stuff in life and you will make/save a lot of money.