Quite a while ago I bought a couple of sampler packs of blades from my favourite Turkish webshop, and while I tried most of them early I sort of forgot about the rest until recently. Towards the bottom of the bag was a pair of Zaza – blades I could only find meagre information about online.

Bottom line? Not the smoothest in the world, not the sharpest either – but a very nice blend of smoothness, sharpness and longevity. A solid, if uninspired, contender for a fall-back blade… and one that seems like it might be hard to get more of. So far I only seen them for sale in my favourite Turkish webshop, and they are sold out…