Thread: Mastro Livi's strops and how to use them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9MJ_IMUGHk

CAREFULLY! I ordered a medium with my new custom Livi razor and the cost is up there. I really like the SRD design for the money but I just had to try his strop. I will tell you a suggestion Lynn posted about using a strop. I find on the paddle and loom strops if you hold the end up and angle it slightly toward you it works great. The blade holds the surface much better then against a flat surface and I haven't nicked the strop since I started doing it. I also find I can roll the blade over the spine easier. I just tried a regular strop using this method and I find the blade goes across the surface with very little pressure or give on the strop. Glad there are so many to share their ideas with us Newbees.

I have the large one and stropping with it is pure pleasure.

You always hold it at an angle towards you. I don't think keeping it flat on a surface is a good idea.

AMEN TO THE ANGLE.

That video was a great watch. Are these expensive?

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Depends what you call expensive.

The small one isn't too bad.

Originally Posted by Jay123

That video was a great watch. Are these expensive?

I have the travel and medium Mastro Livi strop.
The medium one is just under (the equivalent of) $170.

The extremely soft leather is glued on top of a fabric base and needs to be tightened like a drum (see video) to work best.
Compared to Mastro Livi loom strops most other strops feel outright stiff and crude to me now

If needed, a leather/fabric replacement loom can be bought separately (at about 2/3 of the price of the complete loom strop).

I bought mine directly from Mastro Livi when in Europe and it appears that Straight Razor Designs may be reducing their Mastro Livi inventory.



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Oh nice!!

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Got my Mastro Livi medium strop and I was amazed using the leather. What in the world leather or skin does he use? It has a feel like nothing else I've tried. Really smooth with almost no drag or resistance. It's like using a Ark surgical black compared to a Norton stone. It really puts a heck of a polish on the blade. Going to try the chromium oxide side later today on a troubled blade to see what happens.

I,m sure it's pony skin

gary