Originally Posted by
AndrewJM
Thanks Stefanosup...
I decided a while ago that I will visit Mastro Livi next year to watch him work and commission a nice razor from him and perhaps a nice kitchen knife as well.
I love the damascus razors/steel but the price is noticeably higher, so dont yet know if I will pay the extra for damascus. I also want to get him to make a loom strop using the same steel for the handle, or perhaps have the handle of the loom strop made to match the razor scales.
Unfortunately flying over from Australia, plus accommodation makes it an expensive trip, so am trying to calculate a budget of how much I will need to do this. I will also want to see other things in Italy at the same time, I am not doing the trip only for the razor, but I think it would be a great memento of the trip to Italy to have a razor I can use to remind me of the holiday and experience.
As a local I would appreciate your thoughts on a good local hotel/motel to stay for a few nights, and any other things in the local area worth seeing/doing/exploring.