Mastro Livi: CarboInox Snake Razor and Damascus Steels
Gentlemen, I am very glad to announce I just published a new video about Mastro Livi. The video shows the making of my Snake Razor, the very first Snake Razor ever made by Mastro Livi with CarboInox.
In this video Mastro Livi shows some Damascus steels he makes, including an all stainless steel damascus which can be tempered. Moreover, CarboInox and other types of Damascus made by combining carbon steel to stainless steel as well as Damasteel.
To know more about this CarboInox Snake Razor: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1486995
Enjoy!
Mastro Livi's Barbershop (La Barbieria di Mastro Livi)
I am very glad to show you all my latest video about Mastro Livi. This time it is about something very special: Mastro Livi's Barbershop!
To know more about this video: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1496873
Enjoy the video and see you very soon in Mastro Livi's Barbershop!
Mastro Livi School - Part One
Everything started a little more than one year ago, one of the many days I spent at Mastro Livi's laboratory. Mastro Livi was talking about the importance of straight razor maintainance and the fact he has seen so many straight razors in very bad conditions, mainly because of a poor maintainance or improper honing and stropping technique.
In the course of his sixty years of experience, he restored and fixed thousands of straight razors, both for professional barbers from all over Italy and for personal use. He was saying it is so sad to see magnificent straight razors in such horrible conditions because of poor maintainance. This is something he still sees today as many clients from all over the world are sending to him straight razors to be restored or fixed.
This is how I had my idea: I thought it would have been interesting to have Mastro Livi teaching his clients and straight razor users how to take good care of their straight razors, how to hone, strop and use a straight razor in order to get the best satisfaction from this fascinating tool.
I talked to Mastro Livi about my idea and he liked it very much. He was enthusiastic about it since the beginning, not to mention for the fact he could pass some of his remarkable experience to others in order to benefit from his knowledge and to enjoy the tool to which he is dedicating his whole life: straight razor.
I am very proud Mastro Livi appreciated my idea and has been available and willing to realize this idea. It took however many months before we could start this project and I am very happy we finally made it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am very proud to introduce you Mastro Livi School, a practical course on how using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
This is the very first part and many more are about to be published in the next weeks/months. I hope you will enjoy learning how to take good care of your straight razor and how to make the best use of it straight from one of the greatest straight razor maker in the world and his sixty years of experience in this field.
Mastro Livi School Part 2 - What is a Straight Razor
Mastro Livi School Part 3 - Using the Straight Razor with Barber Luigi Migni
Mastro Livi School Part 4: How to Shave with a Straight Razor
Mastro Livi School 5: Straight Razor Cleaning and Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSMrqEgwh1o
Mastro Livi School: A practical course on using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
Part Five: Straight Razor Cleaning and Care. How to rinse and clean a straight razor during the shave, how to wipe dry it after the shave, how to store a straight razor for a long time and protect it from rust.
Mastro Livi - Making a Hand Forged Straight Razor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=060VzB1I_VQ
Mastro Livi shows the making of a straight razor completely hand forged by using a coal forge, hammers and anvil. A masterpiece of art and craftsmanship to complete the Italian shaving set consisting of a loom strop and brush, all having the handle made of the same types of wood and style.
Mastro Livi School 6: Kamisori
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhmI309-aGI
Mastro Livi School: A practical course on using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
Part Six: Kamisori. Types of kamisori and its parts. How to use a kamisori for shaving. Care, cleaning and keeping of kamisori.
Mastro Livi School 7: Maintenance of Straight Razor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPOT_oEsmDg
Mastro Livi School: A practical course on using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
Part Seven: Maintenance of Straight Razor. Introduction to tools and techniques to be used for the maintenance of straight razor edge. Hand palm, strop, abrasive stones and pastes.
Mastro Livi: Grifetto Straight Razor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vcFCPJpOzo
Mastro Livi shows the making of his Grifetto, a semi-artisan straight razor made from a stainless steel blade blank. The difference between Grifetto and Mastro Livi totally artisan made razor is just this blade blank. The rest of the making is totally hand made by Mastro Livi just like any of his artisan razors. Mastro Livi Grifetto is a stainless steel 6/8 full hollow straight razor with a round point, suitable both for beginners and expert shavers. It is available in six models: basic - with olive wood scales - Grifetto 60, cocobolo, African black ebony, mother of pearl and abalone.
Mastro Livi School 8: How to Use a Straight Razor Strop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCtdTopAehk
Mastro Livi School: A practical course on using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
Part Eight: How to Use a Straight Razor Strop. Leather strop types and their use for properly stropping a straight razor. Hanging strop, paddle strop and loom strop proper use, characteristics of each type and importance of stropping a razor in order to keep the edge smooth and comfortable for a long time. How to use abrasive paste and cream with a leather strop.
Mastro Livi School 9: How to Use a Loom Strop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9MJ_IMUGHk
Mastro Livi School: A practical course on using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
Part Nine: How to Use Mastro Livi Loom Strop with a Straight Razor or Kamisori. How to properly use Mastro Livi loom strop in order to correctly strop a straight razor or a kamisori. Common mistakes to avoid while stropping and how to ensure the best edge for your straight razor or kamisori for a very long time while getting the most comfortable shave.
Mastro Livi School 10: Straight Razor Hand Palm Stropping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DX0AkmnVyU
Mastro Livi School: A practical course on using and maintaining your straight razor. From understanding a straight razor to honing and shaving.
Part Ten: Hand Palm Stropping. How to use the hand palm to strop a straight razor or kamisori. Hand palm stropping is a very effective technique in order to get a very clean, smooth, perfect and comfortable razor's edge for shaving. Common mistakes to avoid while hand palm stropping and how to ensure the best edge for your straight razor or kamisori while getting the most comfortable shave.
Mastro Livi School 11: Preparing and Ending the Shave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjqR7a4Cbgk
Part Eleven: How to properly prepare your skin, face and whiskers for the best shave and how to properly treat the skin, nicks and cuts at the end of the shave. Shave brush, straight razor, soap, alum block, pre-shave oil, aftershave and all you need to get the best shave ever. With barber Luigi Migni.