Thread: My Mastro Livi razor, at last: a wonderful life experience!

Mastro Livi reminds me a lot of my son-in-laws grandfather. When he heard I was shaving with a straight razor he told me growing up in Italy it was a right of passage to be taught how to use a straight razor. He said his father told him he couldn't be a real man unless he shaved with one. He would have loved to talk to Mastro Livi. He would sit for hours talking about the region northeast of Rome they lived in. It is a shame he passed before he could get his hands on a Mastro Livi.

Your son-in-law is right but this is something belonging to the past: today in Italy you barely see young men shaving and in case they do, they use an electric razor. The most adventurous ones use a disposable multi-blade razor, a minority of the uses a DE razor and just a small bunch of them is interested in straight razor shaving.
I am sure your son-in-law now honored his father's will by shaving with a straight razor, not to mention with an Italian straight razor made by the most revered straight razor maker we have in Italy, one of the most revered ones in the world for sure.
I sincerely wish you and your son-in-law to meet Mastro Livi one day: he too is the kind of person who could sit for hours talking in good company. As a matter of fact, Umbria is the region where both Mastro Livi and I live in (and Perugia, the city where we both live in, is its capital city) is northeast of Rome so, I guess he was referring to Umbria or maybe Marches?

In Sicily and southern Italy many young men still use real razors with which to shave.
At least many of those which I have met...not all but the majority from the places in which I have stayed.

Sunday 8 November 2015



What a Luxury Shave!

A luxury shave! My pre-shave oil, my almond shaving soap, not to mention this Mastro Livi RWL34 razor and, to put the icing on the top of cake, Floïd the genuine, to me, the very best aftershave. Floïd has a special and refreshing touch, it cools your face like no other, giving a super smooth and velvety sensation on your skin. Not to mention its fragrance, something recalling to my memory when I was a kid and was going to the barber for a hair cut. This fragrance can still be smelt in some "old fashioned" barber shops here in Italy. The more I use my shaving soap, the more I love it and the more I think it is a magnificent shaving soap. I compared it "one to one" to many top notch shaving soaps and, in my opinion, mine is nothing less and in many cases it is even superior to most of them, from lathering to post shave. What else can I say about my Mastro Livi RWL34 straight razor? A superb and extraordinary shaver, a top notch performing razor giving a superior and impeccable shave.

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
• Brush: Omega Bristle 89
• Bowl: Bamboo Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Travel Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi RWL34, 15/16 Full Hollow, Spanish Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extravirgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: Floïd The Genuine