Beards and more beards

[MacFett]

I too am one of those that can't grow a full beard. My father could go hunting for the week and come back looking like Grizzy Adams, me I went almost 2 months and it wasn't much more than most people's 5 o'clock shadow.

[Captain_Cogle]

My wife prefers me with facial hair of some sort and I prefer it myself. I have been able to grow a full beard since I was 16 but alas, for the last 3 years I have had to keep my face clean shaven for the sake of my hobbies. Facial hair in any form other than a very thin well kept mustache is completely historically inaccurate for the 18th century, it is equally wrong for a soldier in WW2. I reenact various eras from the English Civil War through WW2 but the ones I enjoy the most being Scottish Jacobite 1745, 7 Years War, WW1 and WW2 it is simply unacceptable for my standard of authenticity.