Sounds like you made a good decision. I don't understand his comments about it not being possible to take off less than 1.5cm of length....this makes no sense to me. The nasty voice in my head might have started to make snippy, sarcastic comments.

You may be back in research mode for barbers again.....if you see a guy walking around with a terrific bigger beard, you could ask him where he goes to get it shaped.