Congratulation on your new Grifetto and welcome to Mastro Livi Club! It would be great if you could post a picture of your new razor.

As a matter of fact, Gryphon translates into Italian as "Grifo", whereas "Grifetto" means "little gryphon". The fact however remains, it is a gryphon anyway! :-)

And, by the way, I knew you would have not been disappointed by the shave you could get from Grifetto as well as the impeccable "Mastro Livi edge". Talking about "that quite long way to go", I guess you are in good company: it is not that easy to benefit from sixty years of daily experience in straight razor honing and I guess it takes a lot of time and commitment.