7 years on.... Do you still use Derby?

After 5/6 head shaves , the blade no longer shaves. Do you also have this experience?

Great unboxing, will look for the video of you using this

Try Aylsworth Apex, youd absolutely love it! Very comfortable to use, smooth, two pass BBS

Awesome to hear from you and as always great videos! I received mine and looked again in attention to those details and fortunately mine was totally fine. It is a pity that good QA is not in place then. Cheers buddy

U have the face that would be beat with a beard.

I'd say judging a razor you went against the grain with first pass maybe will never do it justice lol

Love seeing you back man. Missed your videos. Glad to see you're doing well

Question regarding 2nd and 3rd passes; When using what is left in the brush do you essentially just use the same method of painting it all on and just see how close it is to being translucent on the skin before building again or do you find it should be pretty much ready to go as soon as you re-apply?

I use the same green Proraso but in the cream version…and of coarse with a decent Badger. I absolutely love this shaving cream. …any advantages with going with the soap version? Thanks in advance.

Great to see you back again, Cris! 👍🏻 I know you have been here a little while now but I wanted to say welcome back! I also use cartridge razor blades for finishing up a DE shave😂 🪒 Have a great rest of your week there, lad! 👍🏻

Feels good using that razor. For me it is one of the best gillette has conceive so far. My go to some weekends or in a hurry.

Hi Cris Great video and gear 🪒💈 Cheers Alan H

Hi Cris Wow the quality of pearl razors is poor sorry to see this, hope they can improve things or correct their mistake.. Cheers Alan H

Always nice to see you well and active. Do you still use the Leaf shave? Honestly I've lost all interest in the shaving world. Haven't watched a single vid since you left and I don't really care anymore what super razor they come up with. Life is weird man. 3 years ago I was obsessed with shaving gear.

How good, Cris! Thank you for the shave and kind words. Always great to see you!

Great video Chris. I really like your honesty in your reviews, as if you find something shit, you say its shit, unlike other You Tubers who won't say a bad word about something in fear of them not getting sent anymore products from them. I've got to admit that if a razor requires a washer to be used for the handle to fit correctly to the baseplate/top cap, that is a failure on their design department, regardless of the price. To me the addition of the washer needing to be used makes me think that they found a last-minute issue with the fit of the handle and the baseplate/top cap, and rather than getting to the bottom of it and sorting it, they have thought "just put a washer on to sort it". That washer is asking to be lost/lost down the sink. I really Pearl needs to up their game in the design department, due to past problems with their razors and also with this particular razor.

Superb 🪒

The old add addage "if a job's worth foing, it's worth doing well" would stand you in good stead here. The shave is obviously worth doing, so you do what you need to do in order to get the best possible results. Great shave, mate. I bet it wouldn't have been this good either those Pearl odds and sods😅😅

Great shave Cris. Years ago you tried out a british HD 500 rocket and really liked it. I had just got my own HD 500 rocket and though the same. As I remember you went against the grain for the first time in a long time with that razor. I still have mine and enjoy the history of the old Gillettes. I'm going to use it today with a Gillette Platinum blade. Do you still have yours? Maybe travel down memory lane next week if you do. Peace be with you my friend.

Awesome shave my friend! I think the camera angle and focus are great, what camera do you use if you don't mind me asking

Great to have you back making truly honest content.

Great head shave mate. I'm gonna try myself one pass against the grain, since i too shave my head since 2013 using fusions and latelly skinguard, wich i find a superb razor. It is always to hear from you Chris. Please do not quit. 👍

Thank you for such an honest review!! I'm so tired of seeing glowing reviews for pearl products by KZbinrs cos they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them!! The sleek v2 also sucks. My one also has a big gap above the blade!

My suggestion is . Nope nope nope and nope. When you showed the one side of the top plate showing how uneven it is going down. It looked like someone had over filed it. And the non blade exposure on the other side is. Where is quality control when that one was released? I would skip that razor. I can also see if the handle was over tightened how the screw could break off just from the angle its at.

Not good at all just shows you how many faults can be picked identified.but to be fair I’ve thoroughly gone over my Flexi open comb and it’s Darn good but that doesn’t excuse all these issues with the Razors in the video.

Imagine what someone like Chris at Karve would do if products came out like that. He wouldn't even photograph them, never mind send them to people as a gleaming example of his product quality.

Good to see you back, Chris. Needed a shave after the beatdown at OT eh ;)

I use the handle of the Semi-Slant with my Yaqi Excalibur - pretty good pairing. The semi-slant works reasonably well, but isn't outstanding.

Pearl should be apologizing for sending you those poorly-made razors. Your honest reviews have convinced me to stay away from Pearl products. You are right that sending out crap for review is not smart. BTW, I love my RazoRock Game Changer. They make quality safety razors.

Your reviews are the most useful ones on the tube. Thanks!

They had exactly the same machining problems with the early Pearl Blaze razors. All the heads were wonky. The recent problems with their single blade razor were laughable. Pearl’s quality control has historically been absolutely awful.

Pearl needs to get their shit together. Get the leaf thorn Chris 😅 it gives crackin shaves head and face!

That's a fugly looking razor.

Not sure of the price point market Pearl are targeting. Their quality is always poor until they go through many upgrades. Agree with the aesthetics of the handle it does look like a bolt.

Well done, not easy straight shaving. I have a vintage Bengal straight and a gold dollar straight both shave amazingly. But sometimes too close 😅

Fucking game changer. Thank you so much, as a newbie to this style of shaving this has been such a tremendous help in terms of an easy to follow protocol that consistently gets a solid lather. Shaving improved tenfold with this and is also much more time-efficient. Thank you so much for your wisdom here 🙏

Shave ur head bro ur hair is way back in the middle of ur head anyways!! 😂

Well done, I head & face have daily. Only use Vintage Gillette's. I can't go past 48hrs without shaving. I have a couple of straights for face shaving. Bengal Cadman & a Gold Dollar.

Hi from Perth. I was given your details from one of the forums. I’ve subscribed looking forward to viewing some of your backlog videos. Not many Wet Shaving KZbinrs from WA 😊

I get a totally different scent off the soap. I get some lavender, some cider and citrus. Very nice scent to my nose.

It's a great mild razor great for sensitive skin etc. it's probably just in front of the 34c. I like it with a parker blade. Razor is just smooth.

Hi Chris. I feel sad to say this but nothing like the skinguard to those cuts. Although i love a DE everytime i cut myself i come to the skinguard next day. My everyday now is a rex envoy and untill today i have no complaints. Cheers mate.

Beautiful brush! I have 2 badger brushes, one of them a fairly good quality. I love my boar brushes tho. I love how they can only get softer with time.They fascinate me for some reason.

It’s fantastic to get a truly honest review of products! Thank You.

I really like your shaving technique! A lot to learn from your videos my friend

The king of lathers 🥇

Great to see you back ! You were missed

If you have used the Rex Ambassador, how would you compare it to the Pearl Flexi? I've never heard of a poor soap being the cause of weepers? The lather looked thick and cushiony. But based on your experience, I'll pass on Pearl soaps! Considering all those weepers, I was surprised you didn't use alum and/or witch hazel in the post-shave. Better luck with your next shave!

Sorry to hear about the bad experience with pearl shaving soap I’ve not tried it and certainly won’t be purchasing it either now but what a will say is pearl flexi is a winner for me as well does a great job. Good to hear about your football as well can’t beat football management kids learning of your coaching and skills a few of my mates here in Scotland do it also there young lads boys teams they work with and coach also 🙂🙌👏