Beards and Pipes

[ichbinmuede]

Hah just so you aren't alone Marm I'll put my modified mug out there. The beard has been brought back because like many others I forgot just how ugly I am underneath. :lol:

I'll trim it down at some point and likely go back to the good old moustache and goatee. I'm actually looking forward to it since it means I can have a go at a straight razor.

 

[yohanan]

I have had my mustache longer than my wife, The beard is usually shaven off in the spring and regrown in the fall, some years it doesn't get mowed off, like this year for instance. The beard makes me look older, But Im old anyway, so what difference does it make.

 

[seanz]

I just trimmed down to a goateemo thing, as i thought it was getting in the way of work! Man i am never doing that again, i am already growing the sides back and this time will just take more time to keep it groomed, thats the thing it takes just as much to look after facial hair as it does to shave.

(unless your a countrefied scruff monkey 8O

i am a countrefied scruff monkey :nana:

 

[kamikazesasquatch]

 

[markw4mms]

I had a full beard for years, but once my hair and I agreed to give up on each other and I started shaving my head, I switched over to a mustache and goatee. I haven't been clean shaven in over 30 years.

 

[rigmedic1]

Grew a goatee when I turned 50. Wore only a mustache since high school. Since I don't have a preferential pipe shape, I never really gave the combo much thought. I suppose it looks okay, since noone has run screaming from me or shorn me as I slept.

 

[digitalshave]

Had a beard and mustache until an overzealous barber who was hard of hearing mistook "trim it up" for "take it off" He had over half of it off before I realized what was going on...oh well on the plus side he let's me smoke my pipe in his shop.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I was the envy of my classmates in highschool as I could grow a beard out when I was a wee lad of 16. Having to shave daily does get tiring, but I usually have some form of facial hair going. Typically it's a goatee, jawline beard, or soul patch. During the NHL playoffs however the trimmer only comes out to keep the fur from bothering the underside of my jaw. For the month and a half or two of the NHL playoffs I look like a lumberjack and wear that scruffy full beard proudly.

 

[dongreyface]

Since 2000 I've had a goatee, but within the last couple years I've started growing out a beard for the winter. It really helps when I have to go outside to change a battery in 0 degree weather for about 15-20 minutes. For the really cold months, it's a full beard(I just trim the scragglys on my neck) then when it starts to warm up some, I stylize it a bit(e.g. my pic). Then once the warm months come back around, it's back to a goatee, because slaving over a 2000 degree engine in 100 degree weather is hot enough. I am in the process of growing the full beard back right now....and it itches like a mofo right now. I did shave it all off once, and I went from looking like the 28 year old I was to an 18 year old....I didn't like it, so it promptly came back. Plus it's something to irritate SWMBO, so it's kinda fun in that regards.

 

[wolfscout]

just an average guy. Been bearded since I got out of the military. Don't plan to ever shave bare again.

 

[baronsamedi]

growin the winter full beard as we speak. Thi pc is about a weeks worth of beard.

 

[jasongone]

i have my mustache (which i often neglect trimming and allow it to go twain like) and goatee, but i can't grow a beard even though i am almost 40... only shave the cheeks and neck once every week and a half to two weeks. it's slow and thin enough for that.

 

[scotrob]

usually i have a full beard with shaved cheeks, but kept quite short (number 2 max length).....but i agree that in winter it IS nice to have a thicker beard, certainly prevents your skin getting dry n sore if you are out in the bitter weather for any length of time...

 

[hauntedmyst]

Had a beard for 30 years. I shaved it off once and my wife looked at my face in shock. She was speechless and then started to dry heave until she had to sit down and told me to grow it back. Apparently I'm homelier without it that with it.

 

[uberam3rica]

i cant really grow a beard. i just get kinda scruffy

 

[pstlpkr]

Ichbinmuede:
What do you use on your handle-bar?

I use "Got2BGlued"... You?

It's easy and cheap.

 

[maduroman]

lawrence, where do you get it?
the col conk stuff is worthless
i did find a store brand that has bees wax in it that works okay.

 

[bubbadreier]

I have had a goatee and my sideburns since I was able to grow them (13 I think, seriously) and I would grow out my bread but work will not let me!

 

[marmal4de]

What do you use on your handle-bar?

I use "Got2BGlued"... You?

It's easy and cheap.

Try firehouse wax.

 

[pipedisciple]

I have a goatee and mustache and have for over 30 yrs. I also hate to shave and have had a beard at times but will stick with what I have. :puffpipe: