The answer is even-all-over clipper. Milady is direct on this: "Even-all-over clipper-cutting is most successful on beards with even density and texture."
Razor cutting is a real, common beard technique — it's just not the one the textbook names as most successful specifically for beards that already have even density and texture throughout. Clipper work is faster and more consistent across a uniform beard; razor and shear-over-comb techniques earn their place on beards with uneven growth patterns or where more texture/blending is needed.
Why this trips people up: this question was keyed to "razor cutting" in FadeJunkie's own bank until a July 2026 audit found the direct Milady sentence naming clipper work instead — the last of 12 confirmed errors found across the full 300-question bank.
Milady Standard Barbering, 6th ed., Ch. 13, p. 351: "Even-all-over clipper-cutting is most successful on beards with even density and texture."
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