[Closed] Beard on/off

just shave it. I grow about 10 beards a year, it'll be back in a weeks or 2/month tops if you really miss it/can't be arsed shaving.

Grade 4! That's not a beard. It's Just not shaving for a bit. I cut off my beard a couple of months back. Regretted it since and have started growing it back again. It was epic, almost wizard level 😥

Tomorrow on STW, Kryters can't decide if he should scrunch or fold and looks to the forum for answers...

😉

Think of the ~2W retrieved by ditching the beard. 😆

Personal and precious things beards, like an old friend[b] A new one wont be the same[/b].

Grade 4!

The one you have now isn't the same as the one you had 2 weeks ago.

scrunch or fold

Eh?

Btw, i dont need help with the decision, the op is just a comment.

They are still the male fashion accessory of the moment, so if you like to be a sheep then keep

Also do you own some trousers potentially made in Hebden Bridge? If you do then you can't possibly shave it off.

A which razor thread?

Tomorrow on STW, Kryters can't decide if he should scrunch or fold and looks to the forum for answers...

Surely he can decide [i]that[/i] for himself - it's a simple case of looking down and seeing if you've got a John Thomas.

Present - fold

Absent - scrunch

Now, underarm or overarm, that's sometimes a dilemma.

Time to give mutton chops a try?

They are still the male fashion accessory of the moment, so if you like to be a sheep then keep

Goats have beards, silly.

A which razor thread

mach 3 all the way!

Now, underarm or overarm, that's sometimes a dilemma.

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Now, underarm or overarm, that's sometimes a dilemma.

You must be a Tory MP to afford that.

They are still the male fashion accessory of the moment, so if you like to be a sheep then keep

Stubble's where it's at, fam.

Which is just as well as that's pretty much what the OP has.

This thread is useless without pictures.

Shave it, if you don't like it it'll be back in a fortnight.

I thought about shaving mine off as I do most summers since I work outside all day & it can be quite hot & sweaty.
Problem is that leads to quite a tanned face/neck & I'm worried that I'll end up with a sort of negative beard, with a pasty white chin. I just leave it.

I feel like I look like a mole rat if I shave my beard off, it's so alien to me.

Problem is that leads to quite a tanned face/neck & I'm worried that I'll end up with a sort of negative beard, with a pasty white chin. I just leave it.

BST = Beard Shaving Time

They are still the male fashion accessory of the moment

Do you have a chin ?

Do you have thin lips ?

Consider the answers to both before committing to shaving.

You should go full balbo for the Tony Stark / Cougar look.

....and underarm fold.

If you have to pool opinion then you don't deserve a beard and should shave it immediately.

Apparently we are approaching "max beard" percentage. And that's just the ladies! 😆

I had a beard for about ten years then a mistake with a new beard trimmer meant I went clean shaven for twenty years until last autumn when we were camping around Iceland and shaving was a bit of a hassle so I regrew it. Have just applied for a new passport with a bearded mug as well 😕

bikebouy - Member
Do you have a chin ?

Do you have thin lips ?

Consider the answers to both before committing to shaving.

I do have a large nose, which I feel is offset in the general "facially acceptable" stake by having a beard.

Moar Aero then.

Trim the beard for less drag.

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^^ A bit more Dave Schwimmer.

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In Kryton's mind^^

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^^Reality ( more like Joaquin) 😛

3 in the summer and 5 in winter. I take the aero hit. Mine is red. Shoot me! Beat the current trend by about five years. Just keep it.

Have just applied for a new passport with a bearded mug as well

I have a proper full beard on my passport. Not like Schwimmer up there with his stubble. I now have a few weeks growth. Hope I don't need to travel soon!

They are still the male fashion accessory of the moment

I've been fashionable for the thick end of 40 years.

Going on 20 years until recently 😥

You should go full balbo for the Tony Stark / Cougar look.

Tony Stark would've sufficed TBH. There's just no way Cougar should be put in the same sentence as Tony Stark other that to claim they bear no resemblance at all. Just as I've done.

Sicko fan tick...

scrunch or fold

Eh?

Sometimes your naivety/innocence is scary.

Keep, mine is but young at 18 months but I don't see it going anywhere any time soon. Admittedly, that's mainly because my wife reckons I look better with than without, but still, the face warmer stays.

Those of you who let them grow, do you do any shaping as it gets fuller, or does it just grow wild?

Mine gets shaped or it just grows out wards in tight curls.

Think pyroclastic clouds...

I had mine shaped when I went from grade 5 to 3-4 inches. Took much longer but meant I didn't look too untidy (work in an office). I shaved it back to a 5 when I moved role to work for a very conservative client.
Hoping to grow back this winter and do a full yeard 🙂

a good barber is worth their weight in gold and will help with the correct neckline and shape for your mug

Got rid of mine a couple of weeks ago. same 3/4/5 sort of length, too curly to look good longer, unless I went Massive Beard, which wouldn't really go with the work outfit.

I spend a bit longer shaving now, (always did the neck anyway), but I spend less time looking in the mirror wondering whether it actually looks good or if I should just shave it off.

You'll never get reliable feedback/consensus on a beard, because people are wary of being overly critical - Your beard is shit/ you can't grow a proper beard, feels harsh, but often fair!

I shaved mine off last year. Couldn't get over how weird my top lip looks naked, and won't be shaving it off again for a while.

Could go for a tache, I suppose...

My girlfriend practically cried when I clipped mine.

Felt like my forehead was overtaking my chin for about a week.

Those of you who let them grow, do you do any shaping as it gets fuller, or does it just grow wild?

Had mine trimmed every month or so at the barbers and tidied up daily myself (moustache and stragglers). Once you get to 'proper' beard length things like neckline don't need doing as its covered anyway.

Half the folk on here seem to be describing stubble though. Clippers have no place near a beard, scissors only 😉

I miss my beard

I’d suggest that if you either work in Shoreditch or are a regular Crossfitter (in the obsessive sense of the term) then it’s imperative that you keep it.

Otherwise, get that razor out.

Very simple approach to beard maintenance here.
Hair and beard get a #1 all over, then are left to grow until one morning I wake up and there's a hint that hair may need combing. Then its time to start the cycle again.

Beards are weird.

Rachel

or are a regular Crossfitter (in the obsessive sense of the term)

Everyone knows that a beard is worth five kilos on a dead lift. Keep it!

CaptainSlow - Member

a good barber is worth their weight in gold and will help with the correct neckline and shape for your mug

This.

Best beard trim (to date) from Steve at Barber Barber in Manchester.
Immediately had folks compliment it out on the street 8)

Sometimes your naivety/innocence is scary.

I've still no idea what it means.

I’d suggest that if you either work in Shoreditch or are a regular Crossfitter (in the obsessive sense of the term) then it’s imperative that you keep it.

It annoyed me when I got lumped in with the bloody hipsters. Had a beard for a long time before it became fashionable. I daresay I'll have one when they go out of fashion too.

Remember kids, if you're Dad hasn't got a beard you've got two mums

I recently met a mate for the first time in a while. He had a decent beard.

"How long have you had the beard?" I asked him.

"We've been going out about two years now." his girlfriend said.

She's one to watch! 🙂

"We've been pretending to be going out about two years now." his fake girlfriend should have said.

The less explaining; the better the joke, perchy. You know that!

Yeah, you're right. It's been a long day and I'm really tired.

'Twas funny though. 🙂

Beards are weird.

Rachel

Get rid of it then, no one says you have to have one 🙂

Just grown a manly beard.

Also used just for men to cover the white lol

Those of you who let them grow, do you do any shaping as it gets fuller, or does it just grow wild?

Yup, it grows wild. A combination of hair clippers and nail scissors keeps things 'under control'.

But if I'm honest I'm a bit WGAF... 😳

Kryton57 - Member
Sometimes your naivety/innocence is scary.
I've still no idea what it means.

🙂

There's just no way Cougar should be put in the same sentence as Tony Stark

Dude, you had to ruin it.

Sorry

On a positive note you're good with computers so there's something you have in common. And you both have dark hair. And a mouth...

Irony Man, perhaps, but you're no Iron Man.

That's not what my wife says.

(You should see the pile of laundry.)

I had probably passed my mid 20s before I could grow facial hair resembling a beard so shaving always seemed pretty pointless. Pretty much gave up shaving.
Had a shave the other year just to see what it was like.

Poo poo paper, dear boy, poo poo paper.
Would you like me to explain the "underarm/overarm" reference too?

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Im slightly annoyed. Having maintained she doesnt like beards, i emerged a clean shaven surprise from only to be greeted with a downtrodden "oh, well ive been used to it for nearly three years... im not sure..." from Mrs Kryton.

Gee thanks, im glad i made the effort...

No sex for her, then...

In this weather? Certainly not.

They are still the male fashion accessory of the moment, so if you like to be a sheep then keep

I find less interest still in the extra mental energy required to avoid 'being a sheep' (ie still keeping up with fashion in order to avoid it) so my facial hair (or lack of) remains entirely subject to my whims/the weather/available charging points. It's so much easier, give it a try? And don't get too attached to hair today, you may find it gone tomorrow 😉

Ah, the benefits of being a certain age 😐

*. Afterthought - but somehow I will not do Teva sandals or ilk. Dunno why, they make me break out in a cold sweat.