Flashes, sporrans and... facial hair?

[Kilted_John]

Oh. I forgot to post that bit.
Just that at the age of TWENTY FOUR I finally managed to grow a decent pair of sideburns.
Finally.

Geez... I started getting a full beard in when I was 15. Finally decided to put the Braun shaver away in 1996, at the age of 21. Been wearing facial hair ever since then. Usually a full beard, but about three time in the past three years, I have trimmed it off so I had a goatee...

-J

[Retro Red]

Oh. I forgot to post that bit.
Just that at the age of TWENTY FOUR I finally managed to grow a decent pair of sideburns.
Finally.

Yeah, I can relate to sparse facial hair. I was well into my thirties before I needed to shave every day & it's taken me about fifty years to grow a decent beard. Spare facial hair was handy in the Air Force, though. In basic training, one of the most common things guys got demerits on was a dirty razor - the slightest bit of hair or shaving cream or even a water mark got you a demerit. Well, that was never a problem with me because I went through the entire 6-weeks of training without shaving; my razor looked brand new because it was! Oh, & I'd just turned 20 when I volunteered.

I'm not complaining, though. Scraping my face with a sharp blade every day isn't my idea of fun. That's not the reason I finally grew a beard, though. I find that as a man with a "baby face" & who likes to wear kilts, that having facial hair helps avoid, shall we say, some "awkward misunderstandings" as to my gender (this was especially true when I had long hair down to my butt).

Congratulations on the side-burns & great job on the garter flashes & sporran!
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[Arlen]

I find that as a man with a "baby face" & who likes to wear kilts, that having facial hair helps avoid, shall we say, some "awkward misunderstandings" as to my gender (this was especially true when I had long hair down to my butt).

Congratulations on the side-burns & great job on the garter flashes & sporran!
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I can understand that.
Being short and baby-faced I had that problem till I was about 22, short hair or no.
I suppose that it didn't help that for a long time I was very overweight and had some rather pronounced man-boobs.


That said, I am working on growing a bear more for religious reasons than just purely looks. So it's not something to go into on board.

[gilmore]

...That said, I am working on growing a bear more for religious reasons than just purely looks. ...

Joining the Ursulines?

[pipesndrumsnun]

Excellent work!!

[MIKNY]

Yeah, I'm with "starbkjrus", 45 and still cant get a good set ! (sideburns, that is)

[Nighthawk]

You guys ever see that Spongebob movie? I sprout a full beard almost on command like that assassin guy. It's TERRIBLE!!

[Kilted_John]

In the past 11 years, I think I may've been ID'ed twice. Likely because I don't drink alcoholic beverages.

-J

[McFarkus]

Congratulations on the sideburns! I've had the opposite experience. I've been able to grow a full beard since I was 16 (coincidentally that was the age at which I was last carded).

I'm down to just a goatee now. About 10-12 years ago while I was on vacation, I looked at my thinning head, and did a buzz cut (and later shaved it for a while). The full beard looked funny with the shaved head so I narrowed it down to the goatee.

The only reason I can skip shaving for a day without looking scruffy is that my beard is fairly light in color.

[Clockwork John]

I'm jealous of you guys. I've been shaving since I was 11. I'm tired of it, but I don't want to grow a beard.

I have huge mutton chops, partially because I like the style, partially because it cuts my shaving time in half.