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Here are some of the things others are saying about Tim Zowada's Razors:



Well you were certainly right about the pleasant surprise from the new razor! I have over 200 straight razors (silly me! How did that happen?) and have honed and shaved with nearly all of them, but I have never shaved with a razor as sharp as the ebony-scaled beauty that arrived today. I can see that the steel is different to that in my first razor from you, and I appreciate the stiffer half-hollow grind. Some years ago on the old Yahoo SRP, the late JudgeCarl described a razor as shaving like a knife through butter, but I put it down to hyperbole. Now I have had the experience and I want more! Is this all to be put down to different steel/tempering, or is it your new honing technique? Can you tell me how this razor was honed, or is it going to stay a trade secret? Please tell!
I did look at classicshaving to see if they are selling your new paste, but couldn't find it. I also confess to looking to see if they had any more of your razors in stock but no dice. You'll have to get your chest better and get back to work to make a twin brother to my new razor. If you think it carries any weight, feel free to quote me on the shaving experience I have just enjoyed. Thank you very much indeed for creating this beautiful razor, not only gorgeous in appearance but peerless in its shave!

                           -Christopher Moss - The Art of The Straight Razor Shave, A Basic Guide
                               shavemyface.com



Here is a beautiful Tim Zowada Ivory Damascus Razor. I really love the pattern of this piece of Damascus and the shape of the blade. The handle is gorgeous as well. WOWZA does this baby shave!! Tim's work is superb and I would highly recommend his razors. Great work Tim

-Lynn Abrams - Founder: straightrazorplace.com, straightrazordesigns.com

I have one and really like it. Not only is it a beautiful Damascus blade, but a great shaver. Tim Zowada has been doing his own Damascus for over 20 years and is also an exceptional knifemaker.

-Lynn Abrams - Founder: straightrazorplace.com, straightrazordesigns.com



I don't need to go too in depth - other than to say, it's the finest razor I have ever experienced touch my face. Tim is doing something new with the bevel and making a much finer edge, and bumped up the Rockwell hardness 1 point. That coupled with the 1/4 hollow grind (and maybe the woodgrain damascus pattern) just makes this thing an amazing, amazing, amazing shaving razor. There is NO other razor I have owned or used that's as smooth on the face as this one.

-Joel Ferman - Founder: badgerandblade.com

I forgot if I stated it yet or not, but the proto was arguably the finest shaving razor I have experienced... ever. Really a marvelous razor. Where as the Le Grelot is buttery smooth, this Zowada is visceral and takes the scariest edge I have ever experienced. Throw one of these on a natural japanese stone (40-50K grit) or some chrome oxide or a Shapton 30K, and you'll have a bigger, longer, heavier arguably sharper feather razor.

-Joel Ferman - Founder: badgerandblade.com


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Zowada Razors are Available Exclusively Through:

Classicshaving.com


Zowada Custom Knives
  4509 E. Bear River Road
Boyne Falls, MI  49713 

Phone/Fax: 231-348-5416


E-Mail: tim@tzknives.com 

 

















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