Thread: Mastro Livi Razor Club

Originally Posted by jodypress

Antonello, that Hakapella Damasteel Kamisori is absolutely stunning. The pattern of the steel is mesmerising Use it in good health.

Hello Jody! I am glad you like my new Mastro Livi kamisori. I agree with you: the damascus pattern is mesmerizing! I already used it for my yesterday shave and I am very very happy with it. Stellar razor!
I hope you are doing great in London!

It's here-I'm home for the day, I've just enjoyed a fine meal. I'd love to put up some new photos, but photos can wait- it's time to shave!

Originally Posted by entropy1049

It's here-I'm home for the day, I've just enjoyed a fine meal. I'd love to put up some new photos, but photos can wait- it's time to shave!

Good news at last! We are looking forward in reading how it shaves! Enjoy it!

[QUOTE=entropy1049;1334020]It's here-I'm home for the day, I've just enjoyed a fine meal. I'd love to put up some new photos, but photos can wait- it's time to shave!

I am glad that finally you can get a beard with such a gem! But then look a few more photos. Damascus steel blade and the handle seems to me?
Congratulations and good shave for the moment!

Friends, my apologies for not posting sooner after receiving and shaving with my Mastro Livi Custom Damascus and olivewood. Stoopid real world interruptions :P.

No picture can do this razor justice. It possesses qualities that can only be appreciated when you hold it in your hand. I responded to razorguy in a PM just now about it's performance and realized my response would serve as a good teaser here until I can take some proper pictures and provide a bit of a "mini-review". I'll paraphrase from the PM:

"It is exactly what I'd hoped for, like the Mastro read my mind. Classic, understated elegance that lets the Damascus do the talking. The spine treatment is absolutely perfect for the razor, with the light hammering. The scales, again-perfect! I love the olivewood and the fact that it is a wood native to Perugia.
This razor is not fast and flashy, like a Ferrari, it is sophisticated and clean, like a Maserati (I typically find myself relying heavily on car analogies).
The shave is very smooth and forgiving. Not at all harsh. And though an 8/8's, it is nimble around my face and the point shape perfect for very detailed work. It is an easy razor to shave with, it just seems to drive itself around your face (more car analogies :P) The feel of the steel is silky smooth, and odd thing to remark about in a razor, but it just feels lustrous and satiny. When it's in your hand, you know why people pay top dollar for fine Mastro Livi customs. They are simply without peer."

I have $40 dollar razors that have inspired in me buyers remorse. I paid substantially more for this razor, and feel like I stole it. I will buy more, and hope to visit razorguy and stefanosup in Italy before the end of the year to watch Mastro Livi create for me another of these examples of the Mastro's unequaled art and craftsmanship.

The take home point is this people: You can't appreciate just how incredible these razors truly are until you hold one in your hand. Then it all makes perfect sense.


PICS TO FOLLOW!!! I PROMISE!!!

Originally Posted by entropy1049

Friends, my apologies for not posting sooner after receiving and shaving with my Mastro Livi Custom Damascus and olivewood. Stoopid real world interruptions :P.

No picture can do this razor justice. It possesses qualities that can only be appreciated when you hold it in your hand. I responded to razorguy in a PM just now about it's performance and realized my response would serve as a good teaser here until I can take some proper pictures and provide a bit of a "mini-review". I'll paraphrase from the PM:

"It is exactly what I'd hoped for, like the Mastro read my mind. Classic, understated elegance that lets the Damascus do the talking. The spine treatment is absolutely perfect for the razor, with the light hammering. The scales, again-perfect! I love the olivewood and the fact that it is a wood native to Perugia.
This razor is not fast and flashy, like a Ferrari, it is sophisticated and clean, like a Maserati (I typically find myself relying heavily on car analogies).
The shave is very smooth and forgiving. Not at all harsh. And though an 8/8's, it is nimble around my face and the point shape perfect for very detailed work. It is an easy razor to shave with, it just seems to drive itself around your face (more car analogies :P) The feel of the steel is silky smooth, and odd thing to remark about in a razor, but it just feels lustrous and satiny. When it's in your hand, you know why people pay top dollar for fine Mastro Livi customs. They are simply without peer."

I have $40 dollar razors that have inspired in me buyers remorse. I paid substantially more for this razor, and feel like I stole it. I will buy more, and hope to visit razorguy and stefanosup in Italy before the end of the year to watch Mastro Livi create for me another of these examples of the Mastro's unequaled art and craftsmanship.

The take home point is this people: You can't appreciate just how incredible these razors truly are until you hold one in your hand. Then it all makes perfect sense.


PICS TO FOLLOW!!! I PROMISE!!!

I can totally agree with you! I attend the photos and I hope to meet you soon in Perugia!

Originally Posted by entropy1049

No picture can do this razor justice. It possesses qualities that can only be appreciated when you hold it in your hand...

...PICS TO FOLLOW!!! I PROMISE!!!

Entropy1049, thank you for the PM and I am glad you used it to publicly describe your razor in this thread.
I am sure Mastro Livi will appreciate your comments very much and I will make sure to let him know about your feedback.
Having seen and held your razor in my hands, I absolutely agree with you about everything you said about it, saved for the shaving because, of course, I did not try your razor in that regard. I am however sure it shaves wonderfully as I have personally watched Mastro Livi honing and testing it before he signed it.
I am certainly looking forward in watching your pictures as soon as you have the time to do that.
I will be very happy to see you here in Italy and to take you to Mastro Livi workshop: I know you will treasure the experience forever. I am also sure Mastro Livi will be very happy to meet you and to welcome you in his workshop. I am looking forward to it and I am sure stefanosup will be glad as well to meet you in Perugia.
It seems we are all going to have a very special and good time!
For the moment, keep on enjoying your Mastro Livi razor!

Gentlemen, I am very glad to add my eighth Mastro Livi straight razor to our beloved club! As for the making of this razor, here you can watch some pictures I took at Mastro Livi workshop while he was making my razor: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1345306

Mastro Livi Damascus Steel "100 Layers", 13/16 Extra Hollow, Square point

• Steel: Mastro Livi Carbon Damascus steel created from a billet made of 25 layers and folded two times, for a total of 100 layers
• Blade: 13/16 Extra Hollow, Square Point
• Scales: Umbrian Juniper Wood personally gathered by Mastro Livi in a woods nearby his workshop

Originally Posted by razorguy

Gentlemen, I am very glad to add my eighth Mastro Livi straight razor to our beloved club!

OH MY!!! THAT is a STUNNER! What a thing of joy! In addition to the obvious beauty of the Damascus, I LOVE the Juniper scales!

NICE choices for a GORGEOUS razor! The Mastro once again demonstrates his dominance in his craft.

hello dear friends, I present to you my new Mastro Livi
8/8 square point K720 purple colored carbon steel with wooden handle of Amboina.
Last night the first shave with this gem that I was pleasantly surprised by the sweetness and depth 'of cutting the beard. It 's the first razor with carbon steel forging Mastro Livi for me, but I think it will not be' the last!
I have to congratulate my friend Antonello for the eighth masterpiece that has added to its magnificent collection. An excellent choice as usual!