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Welcome to SRP and a great first post. Hope there will be many more. I was doing my usual cold water shave this afternoon and while I was working that first lathering in with my fingertips I thought...

You are correct. The little 1906 book that started this phenomenon says that a softened whisker is more difficult for the razor to cut. Cold water stiffens the whiskers making shearing them more...

I've been shaving cold for more years than I can recall. Works well for me though YMMV. :)