A quick shave showed the blade to be very much "shave ready"! I will give it a better workout over the weekend, but it is a great blade!
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A quick shave showed the blade to be very much "shave ready"! I will give it a better workout over the weekend, but it is a great blade!
Ernie, that is one beautiful Grifetto. Enjoy!
What tree used Mastro Livi this shaver?
Since I took a SotD pick, figured I would share it here since I hadnt posted a pic of my Livi yet!
I love my shorty razors, and shave with nothing but shorties... but this is by far the shortest in my collection at under 2"!
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Any idea what the scales are made of? I wrote to Livi to ask, but never heard back from him.
Like I promised, I wanted to try honing myself a Mastro Livi RWL34 straight razor in order to see how difficult it could be. For those who are interested in this, I posted a write up here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1560593
I took my new Naniwa superstone 12000 and my Suehiro Gokumyo 20000 and used them on my RWL34 razor. I just had it honed and it was really sharp but it still didn't feel smooth. I used 7 x laps on the Naniwa and 10 x laps on the Suehiro and finished with 10-15 strops on my horsehide modular paddle strop and shaved with it. WOW is it smooth! Seems the blade really takes to those 2 stones. I had used Shaptons with limited success prior to sending it out. When it was sent out I am pretty sure it was honed with gnats. Passed the HHT but still didn't shave as smooth as my other Livi. Now perfection.