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Antonello, thank you very much for the latest addition, I do enjoy these videos and appreciate the efforts that you and Mastro Livi put into them. (I believe on my May visit Mastro Livi and you had...

Bohler K600 steel is mainly known for its toughness, but if I had a choice among non-artisan steels (e.g. not created by Mastro Livi himself from a combination of other steels), I would rather pick a...

Good point - and 10 minutes ago I did just that and ordered in my best Italian a "Damasco Acciaio Inossidabile, 6/8 Full Hollow, Punta Francese, Manico in Corno di Cervo" and left it to Mastro Livi...

Oh, that razor with antler scales of yours is an inspiration and on my Mastro Livi shopping list.

Antler scales combined with Damasteel blade could create a beauty, and I do appreciate the...

Mastro Livi recommends not to use a 1000 grit stone for setting bevels and (if I remember correctly) uses himself a 3000 grit stone for this task.

It is my understanding that coarser stones...

I agree as far as setting bevel is concerned, but when the task at hand is removing material to eliminate a nick in the edge, a 1000 grit hone does have its uses.


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Good Day - Bad Day

Yesterday started off as a good day, two new Mastro Livi razors, including the 2016 Club razor, had arrived and I went and picked them up from the local FedEx office as I did...

Think of it as a "steel sandwich": external layers (the bread) carbon steel, inner core stainless steel (the ham and cheese).

The edge (centre) that you shave with is stainless steel.

I hope...

I really enjoy my two Mastro Livi strops with their soft and supple leather.
They give exceptional results.

They only aspect where I wish for a change is the wooden box - in particular for the...

Yes, one could say "they discontinued selling them for some reason".
From what I gathered when I visited Mastro Livi in May, the cooperation with SRD seems to have ended.
No need to speculate any...

Beautiful razor, very unusual in design and colour.

I agree that Palmolive is an exceptional value, either as cream or as shaving stick (if you can find it, because it has apparently been...

Beautiful, both of them.
Last time in Italy I was tempted to order a Mastro Livi with antler scales, as razors like this are much harder to find than razors with horn scales.

In my childhood it...

Well said Glock; I feel like you.

I also believe that part of the attraction of shaving with straight razors is that we have learned to work with a tool where one has to make a conscious effort to...

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...

Very nice and very well timed, considering that I just bought a medium and travel sized strop from Mastro Livi.

I am adapting my technique from the 76 mm (3") hanging strop and 40 mm (1 7/12 ")...

Part One: Daring to be Different

After Antonello had raised with this thread my curiosity about Mastro Livi razors, I finally ordered two Grifetto (Grifetti??) razors and a medium size loom strop...

Fascinating thread and fascinating videos.

Thank you for sharing your journey with us and thank you and Mastro Livi for producing the videos.

The videos made me question some of the concepts...