I had a rough idea that Minora was Brazilian and Nacet Asian. But Permatek of Turkey was originally Scottish...I think (please correct me, folks) that Minora was a South African brand (Dutch? British? Colonial) and Nacet one of the French Colonial African nations.
Nacet now focussed on the Asian market makes sense as there were extensive French colonial interests im that part of the world - it's about brand familiarity. I know from the actual Nacet razors I've owned, they were British made for the French market.I had a rough idea that Minora was Brazilian and Nacet Asian. But Permatek of Turkey was originally Scottish...
That is quite interesting - I kind of wonder whether the GROM razor had any relations at all to the polish special forces going under the same name! Could be just a coincidence. I’m not sure how long they operated - I believe they got disbanded in 90s and then recreated at some point after 2000sWhat a labour of love! Super collection!
Now, just for fun ... here's a GROM!
Personally, I think when the British New came onto the market Gillette took the opportunity to not so much wipe out competition that they had bought out but embrace the brand names (and so the familiar name within those customer bases) but replace the razor with their own. I think it is highly possible that 7 O'Clock was a brand local to, say, Sheffield and coincidental that Gaisman owned that trademark elsewhere.
GROM was a Polish brand, from what scant information I've managed to find. We also saw these razors (and the bakelite type) under the Nacet brand, Minora, Rotbart and others (whose names escape me at this time of night).
Not a lot left to go but, some of these are quite rare now and don't turn up often. Notable omissions are;Super to see the collection growing!
More likely to be marketing related to the famous Grom class destroyers designed/built in England during the mid 30s for the Polish navy.That is quite interesting - I kind of wonder whether the GROM razor had any relations at all to the polish special forces going under the same name!
The logo on the razor does have the lightening bolt.That is quite interesting - I kind of wonder whether the GROM razor had any relations at all to the polish special forces going under the same name! Could be just a coincidence. I’m not sure how long they operated - I believe they got disbanded in 90s and then recreated at some point after 2000s
That's what I felt like that a bit - I do have a reproduction patch of grom here, and it's been done in similiar 'curved' writing like on the razor. But I guess it could match both, be it the special forces GROM, or like creamgravy said, grom class destroyer. Not sure if those destroyers also had such lighting as part of their symbols.