Back in April a group of us completed a cheapskates den-from-scratch challenge - everything brand new, readily available and $30 in total with which to acquire it all. (The thread can be found here: AFFCC).
@Multum in parvo tagged me the other day in reference to that experience, which reminded me that it would be fun to do it again... But with less restrictions on what you can buy.
So, let's do it!
Putting this out there now ready for October start to give any participants plenty of time to get things ready, etc.
Rules (most are unchanged from April):
1) You have $30 (or for those of us outside the USA, check the current conversion rate and round to the nearest unit of currency)
2) You should account for everything required for April's shaves from this $30 budget.
That is, whichever of the following you'll want/need to use: Razor, Blades, soap/stick/cream, shave oil, Brush, aftershave/balm, etc...
You aren't limited to just one of each, if you can get variety in within budget, go for it.
(You don't necessarily need to share your sources unless you want to).
3) Don't factor in bulk discounts - if you're going to use (for example) 5/10/etc blades, budget for how much a tuck of 5/10/etc would cost (not how much they'd cost each when buying 100+).
4) You may use items you already own, or items loaned/PIF'd/etc, but factor in a price for them as if you were buying them for your $30 den - for example, what you paid (if you remember it!), a price from eBay completed listings or BST (roughly equivalent condition), etc.
5a) New and second hand are both fine to use.
5b) No freebies/samples please.
5c) Homemade items are fine, but factor in the cost of materials/parts/ingredients - if you can make a brush handle and just buy a knot that's cool, if you make your own soaps, creams or balms that's cool, etc!!
That's it!
On paper this should be easier than the new-only version we played in April, but the point remains the same - build an entire den for the price of a typical "entry level" DE razor (DE89 etc) - using any kind of razor you like, DE, SE, Straight, Shavette, even carts if you really want to
If anyone wants to restrict themselves to a tighter budget to make it more difficult that's perfectly fine!!
As before, I'm intending to count postage in as part of the cost of any items I use - you're free to do so or not!
If anyone is making their own of any particular items (eg: brushes, soaps, creams, balms etc), please feel free to share tips and tricks, how-to's and so on, it'll certainly enrich the thread to have them included!!
(Tagging AFFCC participants in case interested: @bjm @Raven Koenes @luv2shave @Rosseforp @wmadoty @Dovo1695
@Multum in parvo tagged me the other day in reference to that experience, which reminded me that it would be fun to do it again... But with less restrictions on what you can buy.
So, let's do it!
Putting this out there now ready for October start to give any participants plenty of time to get things ready, etc.
Rules (most are unchanged from April):
1) You have $30 (or for those of us outside the USA, check the current conversion rate and round to the nearest unit of currency)
2) You should account for everything required for April's shaves from this $30 budget.
That is, whichever of the following you'll want/need to use: Razor, Blades, soap/stick/cream, shave oil, Brush, aftershave/balm, etc...
You aren't limited to just one of each, if you can get variety in within budget, go for it.
(You don't necessarily need to share your sources unless you want to).
3) Don't factor in bulk discounts - if you're going to use (for example) 5/10/etc blades, budget for how much a tuck of 5/10/etc would cost (not how much they'd cost each when buying 100+).
4) You may use items you already own, or items loaned/PIF'd/etc, but factor in a price for them as if you were buying them for your $30 den - for example, what you paid (if you remember it!), a price from eBay completed listings or BST (roughly equivalent condition), etc.
5a) New and second hand are both fine to use.
5b) No freebies/samples please.
5c) Homemade items are fine, but factor in the cost of materials/parts/ingredients - if you can make a brush handle and just buy a knot that's cool, if you make your own soaps, creams or balms that's cool, etc!!
That's it!
On paper this should be easier than the new-only version we played in April, but the point remains the same - build an entire den for the price of a typical "entry level" DE razor (DE89 etc) - using any kind of razor you like, DE, SE, Straight, Shavette, even carts if you really want to
If anyone wants to restrict themselves to a tighter budget to make it more difficult that's perfectly fine!!
As before, I'm intending to count postage in as part of the cost of any items I use - you're free to do so or not!
If anyone is making their own of any particular items (eg: brushes, soaps, creams, balms etc), please feel free to share tips and tricks, how-to's and so on, it'll certainly enrich the thread to have them included!!
(Tagging AFFCC participants in case interested: @bjm @Raven Koenes @luv2shave @Rosseforp @wmadoty @Dovo1695