Thread: Why should X/ATG be more comfortable on the second pass than the first?

have a snickers and you won't care

I would surmise it's because you are going across the grain. No different than cutting wood. With the grain is easier than against or across.

I have thought about this and come to pretty much the same conclusion mainaman did. When your hair is upright it is easier to cut and the shorter it is the more upright it stands. I would even postulate that a WTG shave with shorter hair would be closer then a WTG with longer hair for the sane reasons, I have had results that support this but not from a large enough sample to mean much.