I was under the impression that NACET was from Gillette. But I never heard of them until I joined this forum. So far I have tried feather, Van Haagen, Rockwell, and Murker since joining. Are the NACET really a superior blade? Can they really cut alligators, elephants, crocodiles and bears and things?
Who Knows Anything About the Origins of Nacet?
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The discontinued Platinum can even cut two crocodiles.
It's actually one crocodile; the blade is so sharp it also cut its ghost as it passed.
I know you posted a year ago so you might not be interested anymore, but my father was in charge of Africa for Gilette in the 60s and 70s and they set up the operations that sold Nacet blades. Zaire was a big territory and I think that’s where the classic crocodile being sliced in half ad was first used, many were also smuggled into Egypt via Libya as at the time foreign imports of blades were illegal in Egypt, but its clear the Egyptians favoured these to their local options. I’m working through various stories my father (who passed away earlier this year) wrote on the subject and I found your post because I was looking to see if any of the original Nacet print ads might be around to buy. It may be that these blades were manufactured out of the South African Gilette factory rather than the UK. If you’re still looking for knowledge let me know because like I said I’m working through dads stories and there’s some amazingly candid info in there.
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Thank you, I appreciate that information.
I am interested in the brand, because I am sure that many shavers associate Nacet with Russia, which is not where the brand originated AFAIK.
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Very cool old thread. 
I feel like I must be missing something, because now I'm wondering what "nacet" means. I assumed it was Czech or slavic in origin (Google Translate suggests it means "start" in Czech, and it feels slavic to me given some experience with Russian language), but this thread suggests it has its origins elsewhere? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
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I believe many are under that impression, but the oldest images of Nacets that I found suggest they were made for the French, UK and possibly German markets.
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Wow, please share anything you can, we'd all love to learn more from you and through your father's work. This would be a great addition to the wiki, to preserve it in a better way. If you want to do that, great, or if you want to provide the information, one of the community members here would likely help get it into the wiki. Here is the Nacet page:
We figured this out a couple years ago, it's French for cut in half. Not very exciting, but that's what it's doing on the package!
(I don't remember without looking it up which African countries speak French, thought it was mostly Northern)
How can Gillette get away with these cutting-animals logos in 2023 is beyond my comprehension
One day all this packaging will be worth a fortune!
How can Gillette get away with these cutting-animals logos in 2023 is beyond my comprehension
those crocs and elephants and rhinos just minding their own damn business, and then wham, they get nacet
And Africa too, it would seem. A well known blade in Kenya historically, currently available at plenty of online shops in Kenya including Carrefour. Being sold at Carrefour would indicate to me that it's still officially distributed in Kenya.
Gillette Nacet was the first sponsor of Malawi's "Super League" football league established 1986, and perhaps a similar situation with this Kenyan football team called Nacet:
Old Kenyan ad for Gillette Nacet Silver:
I've been shaving exclusively with Nacet blades for about 7 years and they are my favorite blades! I was curious about their history and just found this thread. Thanks for this post! It's amazing!
Gillette Nacet was inspired by Crocodile Dundee 
We definitely know which blade he's got loaded in that thing
Made a post about these, but I thought I'd insert them here too-
Nacet Winner - made in India, sold in Nigeria, likely elsewhere in Africa too (trademarked in Mozambique, South Africa, and Uganda in 2022). Pic from a Nigerian webshop:
The artwork is very similar to Gillette's Winner Stainless blades (minus the famous Indian cricket player) that are made and sold in India, manufactured by Vertice:
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