Smack Down: Schick vs Gillette?

I have gotten great shaves from both the Schick Adjustable Injector and the Gillette Slim Adjustable. So here's my question. If you had to choose only one, which razor gives the better shave? Consider using the best blades too regardless of cost. Both of these razors were available around the same time period, so people at the time (late sixties) had to make this choice too.

 

When I was just starting out, the injectors gave me better results. I think the learning curve is a little shorter for them. But now that my DE technique has got better they both do a nice job for me.

 

I wasn't overly impressed by either. I found my Adjustable Injector to be harsh and don't much care for TTO razors due to the thickness of the head. If I had to pick one, it would be the Gillette.

 

Probably Schick over Gillette...But now I truly believe GEM was the the monster company for Safety Razors...They were ahead of Gillette at every turn....and their Micromatic even beat Gillette to the TTO punch...and their TTO mechanism is much more sophisticated and better built....plus the Micromatic is a better shaver than any Gillette I've tried... YMMV...ha,ha,ha....The only competition I believe would come from some of their earlier models like maybe the Damaskeene, 1912's or the Gem Junior Bar LC....and Ever Ready also built razors that I much prefer to all the Gillettes...like the ER 1914, 1924 and their version of the earier GEM...the ER 1912....

Discovering Gem's engineering superiority is shocking....it has rocked my shaving world...

 

I would say the Schick for me as it is easier to maneuver around my face.

 

For a buck seventy-nine, I'd go with the slim..

 

Would you change your mind if you knew the Schick was only $1.50?

 

Then there's the James Bond factor. In "Goldfinger" James is shown with a Gillette Slim. He takes a homing device out of the razor handle, activates it and puts it in his shoe. This was shortly before the barn scene with P. Galore if I'm not mistaken.

 

Which razor gives the better shave? A Schick Adjustable or a Gillette Slim? Hmmm.

My preference would be the Pal Adjustable, a better razor than either of the Schick or Gillette adjustables.

 

Roger Moore used a standard injector in one of those movies.

 

You are right! This is James Bond in "Live and Let Die". However, it looks like it could be a Schick Adjustable??

 

Possibly....but I don't think so, product placement in the Roger Moore Bond movies were huge. Live and Let Die came out in 1973 they stopped making the Adjustable Schick in 1972. I don't think Schick would have paid for a razor that was about to be discontinued.

I just nerded out on so many levels with that statement.

 

I think it looks like an L1. Weren't they still making the L1 in 1973?

 

Here's the underside of a Schick L1: Looks like what Roger has in his hand.

 

Schick.

 

I'll say Gillette, but I absolutely love my Edwin Jagger!!!

 

As I've already expressed my affinity for GEMs and Ever Readys.....in this situation I have to go Schick....I do place my I2 and my favorite SEs as equal whisker whackers....

 

Thanks, @Bird Lives, we know you like the GEMs. Thanks for taking a stand on the question at hand.
I, too, choose Schick. I've been shaving with the L1, but tomorrow I will be shaving with the good old M2 adjustable. It handles like a sports car instead of a truck. Love the ad.

 

I answer in the affirmative!

 

I went with the Schick. I prefer 3-piece DEs over TTOs but the Slim still gets a turn once in a while.