Originally Posted by
Malacoda
Thanks guys, your comments have confirmed my suspicions that it was merely some type of problem with the situation/barber that day and not my beard in general.
My concern now being eased, I definitely plan on pursuing straight razor shaving as soon as I've gotten my DE shaving down and have, in the meantime, read up a bit more on shaving with a straight and obtained some starter gear. Will probably be ready to go right after Xmas (gives me a little time to save up a little cash and get the gear).