Thread: Mastro Livi in his shop video

Originally Posted by Pi3

Wow, thanks for all the replies guys! As I prefer to strop after the shave, I think I'll stick with the felt & leather strops and avoid any sweat-induced rust stains.

As far as I am concerned and can tell, it is now more than ten years I hand strop quite regularly and I have never seen any rust on my razors.

@razorguy,

I tried it out today on a razor that I re-honed from a light 8K, 12K, 5 CrOx felt, 5CrOx leather, 50 or so leather strop, 10 on hand prior to first pass, 5-10 before second, 5-10 before 3rd, 4th and 5th passes(just kidding, only 3 passes)

It's hard to tell if there was any appreciable difference between my honing skills getting appreciably better and shaving skills improving, etc., .

Still, though, I had one of the best shaves to date. To be clear, I am *not* attributing the success to hand stropping.

Originally Posted by Siguy

Still, though, I had one of the best shaves to date. To be clear, I am *not* attributing the success to hand stropping.

You don't have to! The best combination/method/technique is what works best for you.

Originally Posted by razorguy

You don't have to! The best combination/method/technique is what works best for you.

I also use the hand while shaving and find it useful to keep the polished edge. In my opinion while shaving, there are other steps not beautiful for the life of the steel. The contact with water and also with the soap are an example. The important thing is that at the end of the shave you clean well the entire blade and the scales and walk well on the strop. Also I have never had rust problems until now.

That video was better than most shows on tv these day.
Thanks for sharing.
Would give a lot to meet that guy and watch him work on a blade for me.

Thank you Mike! As I am the one who made that video, this flatters me quite a lot! I am very glad you appreciated it. Of course, without Mastro Livi and his art, the video would not be the same!
I sincerely wish you to meet him very soon and to personally watch the making of your razor. In that case, I will be very happy to take you there and to help you with the language. My pleasure!

Originally Posted by razorguy

Thank you Mike! As I am the one who made that video, this flatters me quite a lot! I am very glad you appreciated it. Of course, without Mastro Livi and his art, the video would not be the same!
I sincerely wish you to meet him very soon and to personally watch the making of your razor. In that case, I will be very happy to take you there and to help you with the language. My pleasure!

Without Razorguy nobody would have seen the art of the Master!

Originally Posted by stefanosup

Without Razorguy nobody would have seen the art of the Master!

I guess everyone who owns a Mastro Livi straight razor is well aware of his art. You simply need to watch his razors to understand his talent and craftsmanship!
However, thank you so much! I am very glad you gentlemen here appreciate my videos about Mastro Livi and, also thank to you Stefano for having took part in my last video.

Gentlemen,
I am very glad to share my latest video about Mastro Livi with you all. It is about the true story of Mastro Livi "Classic" or "New Grind" straight razor, of which you can read more here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1304685

Enjoy!

razorguy compliments for yet another great story. I was the first to see it on youtube!