How's your beard doing?

[DoggyDaddy]

I can feel stubble. It will be gone after the shower in the morning.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Mines saving some chili from supper till later

 

[Wstar425]

I haven’t read every post in this thread yet, but I gotta think I’m in the running for the crown. I have shaved ONE TIME since 1975!! That was when our daughter was about two, I walked out of the bathroom and she started crying. Around 1981, didn’t like what I saw and never shaved again. I do shave my neck and beard is always trimmed and no more than an inch.

I’ve said to a few young guys with beards and man buns that I’ve had a beard longer than you’ve been alive, but only if it comes up in the conversation. I don’t feel like I have any chin, so I guess that’s kinda why I started growing a beard. It’s pretty grey and I’m not bald, but might as well be.

 

[anvil]

started my beard in 1972 when I went out to sea in the Navy,, asia/pacific fleet***,never shaved it off since. It has been different lengths, neat and wild,, red-brown to grey thu the years. If I ever get into bad trouble,, I could shave it off and no one who knows me would recognize me.

 

[johntheplinker]

I haven’t read every post in this thread yet, but I gotta think I’m in the running for the crown. I have shaved ONE TIME since 1975!! That was when our daughter was about two, I walked out of the bathroom and she started crying. Around 1981, didn’t like what I saw and never shaved again. I do shave my neck and beard is always trimmed and no more than an inch.

I’ve said to a few young guys with beards and man buns that I’ve had a beard longer than you’ve been alive, but only if it comes up in the conversation. I don’t feel like I have any chin, so I guess that’s kinda why I started growing a beard. It’s pretty grey and I’m not bald, but might as well be.

LOL Many years ago I had the ZZ Top thing going. Was looking for a new job so thought a haircut and trim would be a good thing. Went in the bathroom, came out with short hair and no beard. Dog growled at me!

 

[ghuns]

So. Much. Grey...

 

[Wstar425]

Well, there’s a few that have me beat!! Our 29 year old son has never seen me without a beard, and our daughter only when she was about two. I’m actually even a little afraid to cut it off cause I don’t even remember what I look like. My wife throws me in a chair and cuts it with the horse trimmers when she can’t handle it any longer, that’s about 1/4 inch when she is done. I’m basically lazy.

Funny which topics take off and which ones kinda die on the vine, you never know......

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

I always have a beard, most of the time kept short. I usually stop trimming around the beginning of September, then will trim it back again in April. The longest I've ever gone is around 18 months of not touching it.

 

[Bigtanker]

So after two years, this is what I ended up with.

So today I trimmed it down to about a 1/2". It was work to keep it up but I didn't mind. The Mrs. really didn't care for it though.

 

[red_zr24x4]

I trimmed mine down a couple of months ago. I won't trim it again till spring.
Mama doesn't really care for mine when it gets long

 

[1nderbeard]

mine is 1nderful. Been sporting the beard for almost a decade now.

 

[1775usmarine]

18months the same age as my kid. My wife makes and sells beard balm which is what I use. I brush it after my shower, put some balm in brush again, and when I wake up I brush again before leaving for work.

 

[04FXSTS]

I keep mine trimmed don't care for it or my hair to be too long, hair especially looks bad when too long. Had the mustache when I got out of the army in 1971 then the beard in 1983. Had to shave both about five years ago for oral surgery. Doctor said they had to go because of the risk of infection and if I didn't do it he would. So I shaved everything once the day before surgery and started it growing back that day. Jim.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I've always been beardless. Did have a moustache from about age 20 to age 42 or so. Shave it off for Halloween one year (clown makeup) and never tried growing it back. It was just one more thing I had to maintain. I haven't missed it.

 

[Bigtanker]

I've always been beardless. Did have a moustache from about age 20 to age 42 or so. Shave it off for Halloween one year (clown makeup) and never tried growing it back. It was just one more thing I had to maintain. I haven't missed it.

Let me guess. You really don't care for bacon too?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Let me guess. You really don't care for bacon too?

Hey! I'm beardless, I'm not insane!

 

[KokomoDave]

Best I can muster up since my surgery last year.
It helps hide the surgical scar.

BTW - I look much better on TV.

 

[Bartman]

I usually have a full beard but I keep it trimmed for the office. Once I got back to work after the plague lockdown, I have to wear a mask all day at work. The cord from the mask was dragging through the bottom part of the beard making it unkempt. So I left the goatee and cut the rest off. I had an idea about growing out a handlebar moustache, or least at least a decent gunfighter. Between the gray hair and the the mask smashing down, that didn't work out either. I'm growing it back out as soon I can show my face at work again.

 

[indyjohn]

In my 57 years I've rarely had facial hair. There was a short time in 2008 - 2010 I had a goatee. That didn't last. I didn't care for it.

The day my manager called me and instructed me to work from home until further notice, March 15, 2020, I stopped shaving.

So now, I have a modest beard. Mostly white with some patches of red (I'm of Scottish descent, thanks). And I really don't notice it unless I'm in front of a mirror. Strangely, the OG likes it a lot and says it adds to my "you really won't fare well if you try to f**k with me demeanor". Ok, works for me, I'll wear the beard. I don't have it in me to go for the ZZ Top look (I'm a Boomer, all you Millennials will just have to search on it), so it gets trimmed every week or so.

But I will give it to the tanker and marine, those are epic.

P.S. KokomoDave: Looking good man!

 

[1775usmarine]

In my 57 years I've rarely had facial hair. There was a short time in 2008 - 2010 I had a goatee. That didn't last. I didn't care for it.

The day my manager called me and instructed me to work from home until further notice, March 15, 2020, I stopped shaving.

So now, I have a modest beard. Mostly white with some patches of red (I'm of Scottish descent, thanks). And I really don't notice it unless I'm in front of a mirror. Strangely, the OG likes it a lot and says it adds to my "you really won't fare well if you try to f**k with me demeanor". Ok, works for me, I'll wear the beard. I don't have it in me to go for the ZZ Top look (I'm a Boomer, all you Millennials will just have to search on it), so it gets trimmed every week or so.

But I will give it to the tanker and marine, those are epic.

P.S. KokomoDave: Looking good man!

Thanks.... Im waiting for the day it starts to interfere with my job as a railroader. The few times Ive had to use a torch or welder when working the repair track I used a bandana to cover my hair. Eventually I'll have to use a hair tie to tie it up but plan on letting it grow till I catch on fire or my bosses say something. Then I'll trim it.