Thanks, Slyest. I know you are correct about this sort of being the max for me. In fact, I'm pretty certain I will prefer this if I trim it close to my face. I'm not one for wild beards. That being said, it has been fun being "unkempt" and I will have a little more fun with this before I clean up!
Had a trim and shaping done yesterday....Here's the result
Mike EP, I understand where you are on this. I have never done what I am doing now with my beard, but I have always wanted to try it. For most of my life, I have liked trimmed beards, although somewhat longer the the typical stubble beard. Maybe about 1 inch or so, enough to give it fullness and still look neat and trimmed. I don't know how much longer my experiment will last. I want to be able to say "been there, done that" and not "I wonder what it would have looked like."