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Boys Going Wild Is Cheaper Than Ever With Online Coupon Deals

Bad boys' nights out are more affordable now, thanks to digital coupon websites that offer deep discounts to some of the more, shall we say, gentlemen-like establishments.

Thrillist -- a digital men's lifestyle newsletter and website -- recently gave a scandalous deal to men featuring a half-off steak dinner at Roberts', the restaurant inside Manhattan strip club Scores, plus a premium lap dance (cocktail included) -- all for just $50, down from $109. It may be shady, but it's legal.

"We painstakingly wade through the crap to unearth greatness -- you get exclusively the best of your city's food, drinks, services ... and events, like booze cruises, and a divine concept surely birthed on a booze cruise, stripper cruises," Thrillist tells its customers on their web page. 

These recommendations don't just involve the underbelly of night life. Deals also include considerably more wholesome guy activities, such as historic brewery tours and samurai sword lessons. Simple all-you-can-eat deals are reportedly always big crowd pleasers, such as the one currently running this week for the restaurant Vamos in New York.

Recent deals included a build-your-own-bag of premium custom jerky for $20 from Vermont's Slant Shack Jerky smokehouse and premium whiskey samples from makers around the world from ForScotchLovers.com. For $125 a different whiskey comes in the mail every other month and you even get a crystal tasting glass. 

"We've been extremely successful with offers ranging anywhere from $500 custom-made suits to $29 bottomless beer and ribs," says Mike Rothman, general manager of Thrillist Rewards.

Other sites, such as Groupon and Living Social, also offer guy-friendly deals. Groupon ran a half price deal from the online cigar retailer StogieBoys worth $40. Living Social offered Toronto residents a mojito-making and cigar-rolling class for $32 at a local nightclub.

Groupon says although basic personal information, like age or sex, isn't required to be a member, its bad-boy deals are recommended to those who "personalize" their accounts by providing the company with more information about who they are, or what purchases they've made in past sales. So, if you take advantage of offers for booze, you may get others for cigars.

"It's worth noting that our algorithm gets smarter as you shop ... so you should get more relevant deals the more you buy and we see what you like," says Groupon spokeswoman Julie Anne Mossler.

Eduardo Berardo Custom Damascus Integral Sword

&Quot;A long full integral sword in damacus steel with double edge blade and handle in presentation mammoth ivory. This piece is especially difficult for some points. This is a fairly large piece that requires a big amount of work (The total length is just over 30 inches). A double-edged blade makes it difficult to adjust the symmetry. An integral piece is also always more complicated to build. And perhaps the most difficult point is the absence of any right angle. When we have a design right angles I can use it as reference to build the whole symmetry of the piece. Since this is all curved sword completion of symmetry is more difficult. The guard and the ball are carved by hand file worked. The mammoth ivory scales were fixed with 12 pins embedded. For me it was a big challenge but I was totally satisfied with the outcome. I want called this sword Rose of Sarom.

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