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Hello

I have seen Mastro Livi use the following

Corundum (hardest waterstone, Mastro Livi uses it to prepare the blade and establish an initial bevel)
300 grit strone
1000 grit
3000 grit...

Hello

I don't think the cadmium was used merely to pigment the leather yellow, due to its heavy use I am sure that it must have played a more active role during the whole tanning process, it was...

Hello Rgdominguez!

I took the picture at the Novegro Knife fair in Milan, last November. Mastro Livi had a stand there and was showing people how to strop his razors after putting an edge on...

The yellow is due to the cadmium used in the tannery to treat the leather, mastro Livi choosed his hides from a local tannery, he says it's getting pretty difficult finding the right leather for the...

This is the strop Mastro Livi uses to strop his razors....