Yaqi Adjustable V3 (The Final Cut)

Yup, this thing was sitting in the front porch when I got home today. Looks good, feels good and I’m looking forward to getting in some shaves with it. A few pics below to show blade alignment and min/max settings with a blade in place. Looks wise, this has some potential to be honest. Blade support doesn’t look to be the best but, I have a few other razors in my line up that have a similar footprint with the Yaqi Final Cut razor. We’ll see how it goes with a shave this evening…

Mine goes past the 6 to 3 for a 9 setting while Kevy of Kevy Shaves had a 3.5 for 9.5. Yours looks like a 2.5 for 8.5. Interesting........Looking forward to your thoughts Gus GlazedBoker

First preliminary results are; quite good actually. Nothing groundbreaking nor run of the mill. A 3 pass shave on almost 24 hours of growth. One tiny weeper (on me, not the razor. Just being overzealous on the chin) and no irritation nor cuts. Used setting 3 for the first pass and dropped it down to setting 2 for the last two passes. Still plenty efficient while being easy on the face. Like I said, it was light growth and a first shave but, $33 for an adjustables that actually shaves, handles and feels good. I have to agree with some of the gents here. Yaqi stepped it up……

Great shaves to all.

Williams Wednesday DecemBOAR 22, 2021
Razor: Yaqi V3 Adjustable (The Final Cut) Setting 5
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Knothead "The Kentuckian"/Timberwolf
Soap: Vintage Williams
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Williams Aqua Velva
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1141

Another great, close and smooth shave on Setting 5 of the Yaqi V3 "The Final Cut"
https://youtu.be/x8AhBOeny7k

Williams Wednesday DecemBOAR 22, 2021
Razor: Yaqi V3 Adjustable (The Final Cut) Setting 5
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Knothead "The Kentuckian"/Timberwolf
Soap: Vintage Williams
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Williams Aqua Velva
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1141

Another great, close and smooth shave on Setting 5 of the Yaqi V3 "The Final Cut"
https://youtu.be/x8AhBOeny7k

I still have to watch the video Dave. I sure hope you added Pink Floyd as an intro song.

There would probably be copyright issues, though.

Sounds like a great shave, though.

My second shave on my Yaqi FC

I used it on 6 with a Wizamet on shave 6 and didn't change the setting throughout the shave. I switched things around and started WTG and then ATG and also ensured that I used very little to no pressure. Yes there is blade feel, but I'm not finding it unpleasant.

It needed some touch-up's around my "normal" spots but all-in-all an excellent shaver.
There is no change in my opinion "best bang for buck current adjustable"

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He ain’t lying. It works and is a heck of a deal for the quality of shave it provides….

Real nice shave this Christmas morning. Set it to 4 and finished with 2. An easy yet nicely efficient shave. This razor actually shaves quite effectively from 1-6 with excellent audible feedback. Not a screamer but, it lets you know what it’s doing. And yet if you aren’t perfect with your technique it still exhibits some forgiveness unless your up in the higher ranges. Impressive so far and looking forward to taking it to its limit in the next few days as this one that I have goes to 6+ and an additional 2.5 settings. Tempting.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Great shaves to all…

For the purpose of seeing what the The Final Cut razor can do or, more importantly, can this razor still shave effectively and still provide a comfy shave at its max setting? Basically, is the risk worth the trouble for a marginal acceptance in gain in relative shave terms? I had to find out just out of curiosity for my own shave purposes and just wanted to share what I came across and experienced with todays shave. Took the Yaqi adjustable and set it to as far as it would go and that is a full turn to setting #6+ nearly 3 full more gap sizes on top of the max #6 size setting. In essence the razor was set to nearly #9 but, fell short by a smidge so, I’ll just say it was a healthy 8.75 setting on the dial. Still kept the same Wilky Sword blade from the start as it still had some cutting legs from the last shave earlier this week. Shave is on with a full 3 days worth of whiskers to address.

At full tilt it’s an impressive looking gap and for a second or two I thought to myself “this is either going to be a feisty shave or all downhill from the get go”. Started WTG and went from the sideburn, mid-ear on down to the jawline before the bend towards my neck. And that felt very, very good with plenty of blade feel yet not harsh or abrasive. I still held the razor in a neutral like position, nor close to the cap nor the safety bar and it cut through the whiskers with authority. No blade flex or skipping on each one of the strokes as I cleared out both sides of my face and saw no red spots anywhere. Moved onto my neck and same WTG pass downward from jawline to say an imaginary line just below the Adam’s Apple on each side that culminates just underneath both earlobes on both left and right sides. Lost the angle just slightly on my left side closer to the Adam‘s Apple and felt a bit of harshness from the blade. Made the concerted effort to keep the angle at a neutral position and cleared out the rest of my neck with relative ease. A quick rinse and feel and not a red dot or nic anywhere. Decided to keep it at the max setting and go ATG to see if this would be a make or break pass. Reversed everything and started at the bottom of my neck moving upwards towards the jawline and on up the cheeks/sideburn area. I made sure not to go over any area that I’d just passed without soap as the blade feel is significant but, not terrifyingly so. Slow and methodical approach sort of like shaving with an Ikon Tech or Asylum RX. Easy and steady strokes which was perhaps a bit on the more cautious side as this razor does not exhibit the potentially skin ripping or gouging action that either one of those two razors that I mentioned can do and that’s being extremely careful with those legendary whisker whackers. You can be on point with those two and still pay the price, I know as I’ve sacrificed a few spots on my epidermis to qualm the shave gods. No bueno. Anyhow, I finished my shave with The Final Cut without much fanfare minus that spot that I had mentioned earlier near the Adam’s Apple and a corner of my mouth where a tiny weeper showed itself. But, I was done in two with nothing else to move on. A rinse and feel left no doubt that this was a BBS finish that rivaled some of the best I’ve ever given myself. Did a full alum pass and felt the slightest of heat at the spot mentioned near Sir Adam and dabbed the corner of my mouth where that weeper sprang up. No irritation anywhere else and my face was feeling pretty darn good. I think the Wilky has seen it’s last shave as somewhere during the second pass, I felt that the blade was just starting to get fickle with me and I felt the slightest in tugging in a couple spots. Still it managed to finish the job exceptionally well and that was 5 solid shaves from it. Not bad in my book.

How did it feel? Compared to the Ikon Tech or Asylum RX it was an easier razor to use and manage around my face though, that doesn’t mean it’s an easy shaver at that max setting. It’s easier than the other two razors and yet it gives a near identical quality shave that was without question more comfortable. The real question though is, is it really necessary for one to take it there in the first place? And are there significant gains for one approaching that level of performance from this razor? Yes and no. In the no you have to understand that the settings between 1-6 will be more that sufficient for the far majority of shavers out there with some of those in that group probably never seeing anything past setting #4. It is that efficient (of course depending on growth, hair thickness and skin sensitivities) and quite smooth in giving real close and comfortable shaves. The yes well, I say this with the knowledge in knowing there are a few out there like myself that like to test their own skill set and performance of a said razor. At the same time, there are shavers out there that prefer a 1 to 2 pass shave to save time and potentially avoid skin irritation from multiple passes. These last two reasons would also have to employ shavers with sound technique to exploit performance advantages that a particular razor exhibits or is inherently designed into the razor for those with the curiosity to explore.

In the end, you get a razor that shaves exceptionally well from 1 to whatever setting is your max on The Final Cut from Yaqi. It actually shaves reasonably well at the 1 setting which for me is almost nonexistent with only one other razor in my den that gives me that same performance which is the Rocnel Sailor ‘21 (and of course at a significantly higher cost as compared to the Yaqi but, the precision and make up of the Sailor has to be accounted for as well and I see it as justifiable for what it brings to the shave realm) as nothing else can do that for me in the adjustable razor grouping. 5 shaves in and it has given me some of the best shaves rivaling the more expensive and so called “heavy hitters” in razor wet shave land. And all that for $44 total, shipped. Yes, Brass & Zinc construction but, the price is more than just right and is actually a bargain for what it brings to the table. If we’re going to compare apples to apples, it shaves as good as a Progress/Mergress and throw in the Parker Variant as well while providing a bit more cutting prowess to those if one needs a bit more oomph in their shave routine.

For the money and the proverbial price/performance ratio addict, this is about as good as it’s going to get in the adjustable category. Very good balance, great feel in hand with ease of use by just turning a knob, has a slimmer head profile than either the Progress & Variant and it covers the blade tabs for those that consider that an important factor in acquiring a razor.

Third time was the charm for Yaqi. It’s just a good deal on a good razor, period.

Great shaves to all….

Awesome write-up Gus GlazedBoker