Quote Originally Posted by AdamN View Post
I have read the theory that each SR pass cuts a different angle, so the beard doesn't actually grow slower, but it feels softer. This doesn't make sense to me because it seems that the tip of the whisker should have the angle from the last stroke that reduced it to size. I imagine taking a paint brush and cutting it with scissors three times from three different directions. I would be left with all the bristles having the same cut angle from the last cut. Then again, maybe it is an inadequate analogy.


-ADAM
The way I look at this is on a micro-scale if you look at the hair cut in three directions it would still have some remaining angle from each swipe. Instead of one clean cut you have three angles cut into it resulting in a more rounded bevel at the tip of the hair instead of a chisel bevel from only working in one direction.