Are beards coming back?

[DontSayBanana]

And on the same theme, the rise of the "Lumbersexual" movement (likely a form of hipsterism):

http://gearjunkie.com/the-rise-of-the-lumbersexual

Actually, number two is kinda cute.  It also appears he's the one of the lot that's mastered the art of trimming his beard.

[The Larch]

Beards made a comeback in the victorian era after almost 300 years of clean shaved faces after the Crimean War. During that war regulations on shaving for soldiers were relaxed due to the harsh conditions and the returning "heroes" often had full beards and an attachment to the habit of wearing one.

The Sideburns during the Napoleonic era were pretty fantastic though



Still clean shaven is better.  Romans > Greeks.

[Grey Fox]

Beards are always in.

I sport a beard when I get lazy & don't shave it for a couple of weeks, I have to say "Allah Ackbar" in response to a lot of "ahhhh, a terrorist".

[Valmy]

He was called 'the Greekling' for a reason

[DontSayBanana]

This thread makes me sad.  I can't do a beard for the same reason I was never able to do long sideburns/mutton chops.

[CountDeMoney]

I trim mine whenever I start to look as if I just came down from the Sierra Maestra.

Los Barbudos.

[derspiess]

This thread makes me sad.  I can't do a beard for the same reason I was never able to do long sideburns/mutton chops.

I can do a solid goatee but a full beard just isn't in the cards.  I'd rock some serious mutton chops if I could

Now that I'm letting my goatee grow out long I'm getting a a noticeable pattern of white whiskers on my chin.  Didn't like it at first but getting used to it.

[The Larch]

He was called 'the Greekling' for a reason

There was also Nero, a neckbeard pioneer. 

[DontSayBanana]

I can do a solid goatee but a full beard just isn't in the cards.  I'd rock some serious mutton chops if I could

Now that I'm letting my goatee grow out long I'm getting a a noticeable pattern of white whiskers on my chin.  Didn't like it at first but getting used to it.

I have a goatee and lip strip with a disconnected mustache, which is what I've done for about 8 years now (when I get fed up and shave it off for various reasons, it only stays gone for about three weeks).  There's just no hair growing in between my temple and jaw bone, so mutton chops never happened, no matter how long I let them go, and a beard would never connect.

[Viking]

Beards are ghey.

[Eddie Teach]

[Valmy]

There was also Nero, a neckbeard pioneer. 

That was just really extreme sideburns

[katmai]

It is winter in Alaska, you bet I have a beard.

[The Brain]

It is winter in Alaska, you bet I have a beard.

What's she like?

[derspiess]

Looks like we've seen the last of Keisel.  He had a good run.