Thread: My New Obsession; Mastro Livis

Originally Posted by AirColorado

That first video with the bit of "hand stopping" is great! Never thought about that but it makes sense that you could strop a little on your palm - human skin with oils versus cow or horse hide. Same concept. What a great way to do a tiny touch-up on an already keen edge! One thing is for sure, you'd want to make damned sure your technique is correct - nicking that stop would be painful!

Yeah. Seems pretty unnecessary to risk your palm like that, in my opinion.

I personally do not think that hand stropping has an effect on the blade,
(at least not on my hand, LOL)
but I like it to feel how smooth the edge is or whether it needs more work.

Originally Posted by pcb01

... him draw the edge lengthwise across the stone? He destroyed the edge. That was from bevel setting to final edge!

The reason he does this imho is to take the wire edge off the blade and progress to the next stage of polishing . I was advised to do similar, only I use a matchstick . It lets me know where I stand and then move on to the next stage of progression .
I have a couple of the the Mastro's razors ( and the dvd of him making my razor ) . I absolutely love his honing technique.
A true master craftsman, his family have been doing this for generations if I'm not mistaken .

I bet it's a real smooth shaver and that little razor would be great for awkward areas.