Quote Originally Posted by razorguy View Post
Mastro Livi is very strict and demanding when it comes to his job and straight razors. I am sure you got an idea about this when you visited his laboratory as I know he wanted to personally teach you how to strop your new freshly made razors.
He gets quite angry at those who place a strop on its flat side and yell at them as well. I guess he is right in insisting about being strict and demanding when it comes to a strop as it is the tool in which you pass a quite fragile razor's edge and, if you want to keep it efficient and performing, you need to have a clean strop and dust free as well as being very careful. Your skin and pleasure will thank you for this. :-)

Well; he didn't yell at me, so I must have done (most of) it right. :-)

In fact, I enjoyed the Mastro's sense of humour, e.g. calling the laboratorio (despite the temperatures near his forge) his "paradiso" and Luca's workshop next door "inferno".
Obviously, if gives the Mastro great satisfaction to do what he is doing....


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