The best gift you'll ever give (or receive)...

The best gift you'll ever give (or receive)... A ritual, not a routine... This will actually save you money...

Fair warning, gentle readers... what you'll find below has nothing to do with investing.

Instead, today's Friday Digest is exactly what I (Porter) would want from you, were our roles reversed. On the day after Thanksgiving, just about everyone I know starts worrying about Christmas presents. What will you get the man who has everything?

Let me show you...

Imagine it's Christmas afternoon. You're sitting around with family, friends, and perhaps your in-laws. Everyone has a pile of junk strewn about the living room. There are half a dozen ugly sweaters... a few lame ties... some cheap jewelry. And if you're lucky, the kids are still occupied with some kind of battery-operated device.

At this point, you're probably about ready to go take a nap, go chop wood, or just do about anything else but sit around and listen to more talk about bad health, bad relatives, and bad restaurants. And heaven help you if your family talks about politics.

Here's what you could be doing instead...

Imagine you unwrap this:

It's a new OneBlade razor. You may have read about it in Fast Company, and you might remember hearing that it was called the world's best razor by the experts at Sharpologist. But what you notice first is that the package is heavy. Very heavy. Much heavier than just a razor. You also notice a red number on the packaging.

As you peel away the cord and then the paper, you're shocked to discover an unbelievably soft, full-grain leather box, with carefully stitched, red silk thread corners.

This isn't like any of the cheap plastic or flimsy cardboard everyone else's presents arrived in this morning. This is a box you definitely won't throw away. (If you're curious about the quality of the leather, you can see a complete "unboxing" here. One of our first clients was so impressed with our packaging, he put a video of his "unboxing" on YouTube.)

When you open the leather box, you'll discover why the package weighs so much. OneBlade razors are made with 316L-grade, German stainless steel – the best in the world. The manufacturing process includes cutting-edge metal injection molding ("MIM") technology, which allows for extremely precise designs, while still maintaining the unbelievable strength of forged steel.

These razors are then treated with a military-grade physical vapor deposition ("PVD") coating, which makes them virtually indestructible and permanently resistant to corrosion. (That's why they're guaranteed forever.)

Digging to the bottom of the box, you'll see the razor's stand. Trust me, you've never seen anything this nice as part of a razor set before. It's half a pound of solid stainless steel that's cut from a solid block of stainless steel and PVD-coated just like the razor. Your new razor sits perfectly on top of this stand just like a key fits into a lock.

You've never seen anything like this before: OneBlade will be the one Christmas present that everyone wants to see, touch, feel... and even hear. Quality materials like these don't just look different. They actually sound different, too. You'll have people clanking the razor down on the stand three or four times, just because of the way it sounds.

And... at some point during the whole "pass the new toy around" thing, somebody is going to notice something unusual on your razor's floating head.

Like a cartridge razor, the blade enclosure on OneBlade "floats." It's controlled by a Teflon-coated spring hidden inside the handle. This makes it super easy to use and almost impossible to cut or nick yourself.

On the back of this head assembly, there's a seven-digit number that has been laser-etched into the steel. Your OneBlade razor isn't mass-produced. It has been designed and built with genuine passion. That's why every OneBlade is hand-polished and numbered. If you look carefully, you'll notice that the number that has been laser-etched on the steel of the floating head is the same number you saw on the outside of the gray wrapper.

And that's when it hits you: The folks who built this razor are truly fanatical. This tool was built with the kind of precision you would normally find inside a Swiss watch. The designers tested hundreds of razor blades from around the world before selecting the FHS blade by Feather, a legendary manufacturer of Japanese steel. Feather makes the world's most flawless leading-edge blade –what aficionados describe as a "miracle of metallurgy." Ask any professional barber which company makes the highest-quality straight razors and scissors, and he will tell you: Feather.

Since the early 1930s, this particular Feather blade – which is two times thicker than a standard double-edged safety razor – has been renowned for producing the most comfortable shaves in the world.

With OneBlade under the tree, you won't have to go outside and chop wood to have some quiet time. You'll be able to take your new razor back to your bathroom and take it for a "test drive." You'll use a small amount of pre-shave lotion (to lubricate your skin) and you'll apply some high-quality shaving cream, made with essential oils (to lubricate your beard). You'll put a new blade into the razor – you just push it in until you hear it "click." And now, the moment arrives... are you really going to put something this sharp– that looks this dangerous – on your face?

Don't worry. The No. 1 piece of feedback we've gotten from users is that they can't believe how forgiving and "efficient" OneBlade is when they shave. It's like getting a straight-razor shave from a world-class barber... at home.

Even though it looks like one of those dangerous "old-fashioned" razors that cut you almost every time you try to use them, OneBlade isn't built like that. Its floating-head design won't allow you to push too hard on the blade. It "floats" across your face, just like a modern cartridge razor. That's why it's safe and easy to use. But that's not what makes it great.

Compared with cartridge shaving, all types of high-quality single-blade safety razors offer an amazing increase in closeness. If you've never used a "proper" razor, you just don't know what a shave is supposed to feel like. Far from irritating your skin, a proper shave will leave your face feeling like new, and unbelievably soft, like the way your wife's face feels after a facial. If you've never had a shave like this, it will blow you away.

True story. We sent a OneBlade to one of the world's top surfers – a world champion, in fact. He's good friends with my business partner Steve Sjuggerud and he was curious about OneBlade. We sent him a razor in an effort to get his official endorsement. We don't have the business deal done yet, so I can't mention his name, but his reaction to his first shave with OneBlade was classic...

Wow... that was an exceptional experience. It's been several hours since I shaved and I still can't stop touching my face. My face is the smoothest it's ever been! Seriously, it's like I've got a new face. It was as if I unlocked every sensation point in my face... even the slightest breeze had an entirely different feel from ever before. It's like I'm feeling my face for the first time!

I'm not just saying these great things to excite you guys. I genuinely am so blown away with that experience. I really didn't want it to end. I wanted the shave to keep going! I've had barbershop straight-razor shaves before (not in Italy like Porter, but in Morocco) and this beats them.

And at the end of the day I did it in my own house and in the comfort of my own hand. As much as there's something to a barber doing the shave for you, I don't think it comes close to the shave when you do it yourself. Or at least, in my experience, the smoothness doesn't come as close to this shave. To tell you the truth, it makes you feel more like a man doing it yourself. I'm a fan.

A perfect shave like this happens when one super-sharp, flawless razor is applied at just the right angle (30 degrees) and with a precise amount of force. It's difficult to use a safety razor or a straight razor correctly. You have to apply just enough force to cut through your beard, but not so much that it also cuts through the skin.

If you've ever had a straight-razor shave from a talented barber, you know a perfect shave is nothing like what you probably experience every morning. It's like the difference between driving a poorly made sub-compact car and a hand-built, fine English motorcar. Technically, they're both cars. But they shouldn't be called the same thing. The experiences are worlds apart.

We built OneBlade to give men this good of a shave, every single day, without any shaving experience required.

It's very hard to convince people who have never had a real shave before that shaving can be a highlight of their day, and not a chore. Or, as we like to say, shaving should be your ritual, not just your routine. I know it seems hard to believe, but you've just got to try it: With OneBlade, you will shave like a professional – the first time and every time. No one needs to know how you can do it so well, and so easily, straight out of the box. Trust us: your wife will not want to borrow OneBlade. It looks sharp and scary. But, the truth is, it is as easy to use as a cartridge shaver.

There's only one problem: OneBlade is expensive (or so it seems). You don't get this quality, these materials, this obsessive precision, and this technology for the price of a disposable razor. It can't be done. What you get instead is an heirloom quality tool that you will use the rest of your life. This is a worthy gift to give. It will impress everyone who sees it. It will transform the shaving life of anyone who tries it. It's certainly worth the $299 it costs.

Actually... OneBlade isn't expensive at all. Even if you follow our advice and use a brand-new blade every time you shave, your cost of ownership will be substantially less than if you continue to shave with cartridge razors. The reason is simple: Our blades are inexpensive. You can use a new one every day and still spend less than $1 per shave. Most users will spend less than $15 per month. An independent analysis published by Ritual Shave shows that actual users will save more than $130 per year using OneBlade instead of the leading brand of cartridge razors.

So... is OneBlade expensive? Only if you're never going to use it. If you're going to use it, it's the best value-oriented system on the market today. But that's not why you should buy it. Buy it (or give it as a gift) because it's the world's best razor. People love it.

Here's our best gift offer – available only to subscribers of Stansberry Research, and only through December 15...

Get a OneBlade starter gift set:

Retail value: $749

Our price: $399

And that's not all. Order in the next 10 days and we'll include another OneBlade razor absolutely free. That's almost a $1,000 retail price – a complete gift set and another OneBlade razor – all for only $399. This offer will allow you to give the newest, best, and "hottest" gift of this holiday season... and get something for yourself, too.

There's only one caveat: All gift orders must be received by December 15. And all free bonus razors will only be provided on orders received before December 7. After that date, we can no longer honor this special promotional offer.

ORDER HERE

Regards,

Porter Stansberry

P.S. If you aren't in the market for a Christmas gift, I still encourage you to try my new razor. I know you'll love it. A OneBlade razor, plus the stand and a box of 30 Feather blades is only $299. All OneBlade razors come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If everything about our product doesn't exceed every expectation and make good on every promise we've made here, send it back and receive a full refund. Replacement blades are available by subscription, or for purchase in 30-blade increments. Order here.