Show us your beard!

[nuts]

Just out of hospital and a man in the next bed had an enormous beard about 30 cm in  length and wild hair - initiallly I though he was a woman lol.  Felt quite jealous.  However he wasn't sly.

[Beardman]

Hope all is well nuts! How do you mistake a guy with a 30cm beard for a woman? haha! Must have been the painkillers lol!

[F77Scot]

Latest avatar, my beard is more back to it's old self.....

[Beardman]

Huzzah!

[TheSlyBear]

Latest avatar, my beard is more back to it's old self.....

Looks really good on you!

[F77Scot]

Thanks guys, have only been trimming slightly with scissors so it is filling out quite well....not going to trim other than with scissors. It might be finally the time I go for the epic beard, have been tempted but scared to commit.....

[Rusty Shackleford]

Time for an update!

I think things are slowing down because I don't see much difference between photos, but I was able to measure some length at 19" which is still keeping pace with that average 1/2" per month you often hear people mention.  I estimate the age of the goatee as being a few months shy of 3 years.


For S&G I decided to braid it up.  The braid itself was 15" long:



I thought I almost ruined it a few hours before these photos.  I was in front of my bathroom mirror using my heat gun on something I was painting, and for a couple seconds I forgot what I was doing and decided to use the "hair drier" to see my beard blow in the exhaust since my sides had been getting kinda long.  I whipped it up and immediately smelled something burning and my brain immediately kicked back in and told my arm "That is a heat gun not a hair drier dumbass!"  I had the goatee bound up but that only had me more worried because I was afraid the heat went right onto the bound up hair.  I never did figure out exactly what had burned and thankfully I didn't see any damage.  I'm guessing that maybe one or two long hairs on the side hit the end of the heat gun and burned.

[benlen]

Holy s#%t Rusty!

That's like a Qui-Gon Jinn style Jedi beard right there!

[Lynchy]

Rusty.... That is just glorious!

You should be proud of it!

[Mr Jules]

Time for an update!

Impressive. Especially the braiding. How long does that take ?

[smoothsailing]

The braid looks awesome!

[CraftyGuy]

That is awesome Rusty - very impressive!

[Beardman]

Looking good Brother! Everytime I see your beard I am amazed with the length, and it makes me want to keep mine growing that little bit longer... haha little bit...

That heat gun story... that is a huge brain fart! I hopefully you are more careful next time 

[Mr Jules]

brain fart!

Beardman, what a great expression. Might have to use that one !

[Rusty Shackleford]

Time for an update!

Impressive. Especially the braiding. How long does that take ?

Only about 2 minutes or so.  I think when you do it you're supposed to be really careful to keep the shorter hairs from sticking out wildly but I was just screwing around so I wasn't being too careful.