I'm intrigued and have to start this thread

[tslex]

 

[shikano53]

That's the really great thing about smoking a pipe. So much variety in personalities and people. Part of the elan (at least for me anyway) is the pipe smoking culture. The beard is all a part of it. Smoke a pipe, grow a beard. Or a hairy hand, whichever your preference. lol Personally, now that you've shown me that hand Peck, I know it's gonna give me creepy nightmares for at least a month.
But it is also great to actually put a friendly face to the people on the site. MSO, you're being way to hard on yourself. I've seen a few pictures you've posted with the pipe you won and you are almost as handsome as I am! HA HA!
Really though, the beards shown above have motivated me to attempt to once again grow my scraggly scruff. Maybe come December I will be brave enough to post THAT picture.

 

[reverendthom]

Ha perfect thread! I just bought my first pipe last week on a trip to Ireland. My wife and I quickly agreed that my beard needs to make a return if I'm to be a pipe smoker. So here it is on day 2

 

[stickframer]

^awesome

 

[jpmcwjr]

I've grown a beard at least once a year for the last 20 or so. Have some photos in a bit, but it comes in very white now, and my GF prefers the "younger me"...
Enjoy! Cool thing about beard growing is you don't have to do anything- it just happens! Although I like trimming the cheek bones and neck for neatness. That might make the lady happier.

 

[jpmcwjr]

All righty, then. Here's me with full beard. This is the picture, or just a link to it? (It's in albums on this site)

 

[seacaptain]

Hemmingway?

 

[shikano53]

MSO,

I apologize if I offended you. I was trying to poke fun at myself.
All I did was open my mouth and insert both my feet. Something I seem to be good at more and more these days.

Kindly

 

[fishfly]

Hemmingway?

Several years ago, walking through a Key West neighborhood, a group of pizanoes sitting on a porch drinking beer, about three sheets to the wind, kept shouting "Papa" at me. I took it as a compliment.
I've been compared to much uglier people.

 

[Chasing Embers]

@peck

Just remember the one rule; "shake your pipe more than twice, and you're playing with it." The hair should clear up after that. :rofl:

 

[johnnyreb]

Fishfly,
Soon you will be able to travel freely to Cuba and they will think you have returned.
"The Old Man and the Sea"
PS: Wintering over in Cuba would be much nicer than in Iowa!

 

[mso489]

shikano, I'm not offended at all. I wore a moustache in the Navy, because it wasn't entirely approved by "management," but still was regulation at the time. But I DID look rather morose. I wore one later for several years, and when I shaved it off, it took my late wife some weeks to notice! She was great -- just how couples are, often. But I'm just musing, not grumpy at all.

 

[davet]

Can't have a beard for work reasons, respirator/mask, but sport a moustache. I've never put a razor to my upper lip.

 

[coraxsnag]

Someone make a note to necro this thread at the beginning and end of November.

 

[jkrug]

Some great looking beards guys. Mine is too thin on my cheeks so I just sport a goatee as seen in my avatar. ::

 

[crusher47]

Here I am at a gig a few months ago....beard is a little longer now...

 

[seacaptain]

Several years ago, walking through a Key West neighborhood, a group of pizanoes sitting on a porch drinking beer, about three sheets to the wind, kept shouting "Papa" at me. I took it as a compliment.

Great story! You should try out for this.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-wins-hemingway-look-alike-contest-key-west-n398621

 

[jpmcwjr]

The earlier post was meant to be amusing, but most didn't see it due to poor photo management on my part. Here's another go:

It was next to the actual photo I'll post later.

 

[phred]

This is me with my Viking Classic - beard's a little longer right now, as I'm slightly overdue for a trim. Used to be entirely red, but it's going white on me. I've had one since 1994, though I've shaved it into a Van Dyke a couple of times for cosplay, and had to remove it entirely one summer when I was doing demolition work in the garage and needed to wear a respirator (just in case - mold, water damage that could have been sewer-related, drywall dust). My 13-year-old niece recently saw some wedding photos of ours (her mom was my wife's Maid of Honor), and didn't recognize me clean-shaven.

 

[pruss]