Unorthodox style but the most impressive honing/stropping I've ever seen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXkjXfuNbpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXkjXfuNbpg
You have to be a master to pull this off this ending
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Yes, Mastro Livi from italy has some strange honing techniques but decades of experience and his razors are outstandig.
Take a look on his Homepage! hmmm...
Absolute wonderful. Especially the scales made of mother-of-perl. The design of the blade is sometimes a bit ... matter of taste
but the quality of work is above suspicion.
The price of his razors are around 1000 €uro (actually 1300 bucks) and this is not too much for this fine art razors.
Take a look on his Homepage! hmmm...
Absolute wonderful. Especially the scales made of mother-of-perl. The design of the blade is sometimes a bit ... matter of taste
but the quality of work is above suspicion.The price of his razors are around 1000 €uro (actually 1300 bucks) and this is not too much for this fine art razors.
...wow
great video! I like the way he throws that slab of steel on the stones and hones with reckless/measured abandon! truely an expert! excellent!
I'd just like to add that after watching this video, I tried this technique (ie scrubbing back and forth on the hone for the first few strokes) on a razor that I have been trying to hone after reshaping the blade.
It goes against everything I have read on honing, but I am delighted to say that I got the blade considerably sharper than I had previously managed to.
Very interesting....
It goes against everything I have read on honing, but I am delighted to say that I got the blade considerably sharper than I had previously managed to.
Very interesting....
His technique adds credence to my theory that getting a razor sharp is not rocket science. Watching his fluid movements was nice to see and that's one of the reasons for getting a good shaving edge. I have a tendency to think that a few too many folks make honing a razor more difficult than it really needs to be. You just need to work on the coordination, that's all.
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I'm new to straight razor shaving and was encouraged by your post. I purchased my straights pre honed and planned on sending them back to Ken Rup when the time came for honing.
Just might try my hand at it (with a less expensive razor) one of these days.
What was amazing to me was that he used his hand as a strop. Humm, I think I'll try that the next time I shave. Here we all have been buying expensive strops when all the time all we really needed was our hand.
I use the Mastro's technique on all my straights now.
It seems to work well for me.
It seems to work well for me.
I love seeing a true master at work. They make everything look so damned easy! 
More hand stropping
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBXOP9tGqZs&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBXOP9tGqZs&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Makes me think I'm *waaay* too gentle with my razors, I'm trying to minimize pressure but he's slapping those things down on both hones and strops/hands with some force (you can hear it on the blade side).
Seems like most of the videos I see from the "pros" are like that, am I right to be a little suspicious of the "weight of the razor" technique?
Dave
Seems like most of the videos I see from the "pros" are like that, am I right to be a little suspicious of the "weight of the razor" technique?
Dave
I thought the same thing.
Just seems kinda odd to me that way he does it. However, what works is what works. Thanks for posting!
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