In the many years after Yang Guo lost his hand, just how did he trim his fingernails?

[Da Bao]

There is a funny meme that I found out about from my friends in China, but it brings an interesting point!

突然想到一个很有深度的问题：杨过断臂那么多年，他是怎么剪指甲的啊?

I suddenly thought of a very profound question: In the many years after Yang Guo lost his hand, just how did he trim his fingernails?

[Ian Liew]

Since they had no nailclippers in those days, he probably drove a dagger into the wall and filed his fingernails on the blade. With two hands they'd probably just hold the dagger with one hand anyway.

[pannonian]

He held a nail trimmer in both hands, and trimmed his nails like so.

[IcySnow]

He used his teeth

[Ken Cheng]

Three words: Heavy Iron Sword.

[PJ]

He held a nail trimmer in both hands, and trimmed his nails like so.

This is funny. I remember someone pointed out a scene after YG lost his arm which said that he used both arms.

[PJ]

Anyway, he has a couple of options for trimming fingernails on their remaining arm:

1. Get someone else to do it for him
2. Develop his own method. Shouldn't be hard for a Great level guy like him; can probably channel internal energy from his meridian to the nails and cut it off.

[sandy1]

Obviously, Brother Condor helped him with that, and also with other basic grooming tasks. That big ol' beak's gotta be good for something.

[shrang]

He chewed them, obviously.

[mawguy]

well, it became significantly easier after HYS taught him the finger-flicking technique thingy...course, soon after that, he reunited with his wife.

as for the years in between, you know that brothels existed in china since it acquired cities, right?

[Ian Liew]

well, it became significantly easier after HYS taught him the finger-flicking technique thingy...course, soon after that, he reunited with his wife.

as for the years in between, you know that brothels existed in china since it acquired cities, right?

Didn't he learn his finger-flicking technique before losing his arm? The technique was displayed for the Wu brothers to see, which made them give up on Guo Fu because they thought that HYS taught it to his anointed future grandson-in-law, and the rumour that Guo Fu was "taken" by Yang Guo was one of the main reason Guo Fu lost it completely and chopped his arm off.

[ChronoReverse]

A mid-level fighter like XWT in XAJH could shave his head just by rubbing it with his palms and applying some internal energy.

Surely a Great-class fighter like YG would figure something similar out.

[Nan Ling]

lol this is funny... but I would think he would get someone else to cut it for him with a dagger.

[MrWErD]

I always assumed he found a rough but flat rock, then used it like a nail file. It won't be as fast as a nail clipper, but it's seems a more dignified method than nail biting.