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Beards and Mustaches
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Snake Pleskin
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My wife does not like beards, period. That makes my decision an easy one! Happy wife, happy Life! LOl,LOL!
Aah. Gotcha.
Did someone say lamb chops???
When I retired my Wife said no breads!
Ok , then….
When I retired my Wife said no breads!
Ok , then….
It was the style at that time
I've had facial hair since before it became the "in thing", since about 1978. I don't like to shave. Worked in a food plant so always wore a beard net.
Some people seem to think that all there is to growing a decent beard is just stop shaving. It don't take alot of effort to trim it up. IMHO, a long stringy beard is ugly.People are laughing at you and not with you.
I have had one since my ETS in 72 as well, except I did do a stent with a handlebar mustache in my early ad agency days. But I don’t like shaving, so I don’t
Snake Pleskin
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I never met a good looking, educated, well bred, professional working, classy woman who thought Gabby Hayes or Duck Dynasty looked good! Yes, I have met quite a few women as described, and was fortunate enough to marry one. Just one man's opinion.
I have had facial hair in some form or fashion for the last 20 or so years. Had a goatee for about the 1st five. It got old after a while. It took just as long to trim and keep straight as it did to shave. Can't do the neck beard thing though. Like the OP, when it gets hot and sweaty it bothers me. Different trimmers have different settings for beard length. I trim mine to the max length of a WAHL trimmer if that means anything. When there is an historical event or Rondy, I just knock off the chin and mustache and viola! Chops!!!
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When I started this thread, I did not have a "Country Gentleman" type appearance in mind. Nor was my time period of preferance in the powdered wig era.
There are probably thousands of pictures of mid 19th century frontiersmen on the internet. Some with only mustaches, some clean shaven, some with mustache and beard.
My initial question was to find out if anyone used theatrical applications in their reenacting pursuits? Facial hair aside, anyone who does historical "reenacting", by the definition of the word is acting and it follows that makeup including facial hair could be part of someone's persona, if they so choose to use it.
I lost my hair years ago and by accounts of people growing beards, who I know personally, the itching is at the very least, annoying.
When I was in Vietnam we shaved when we could and many times, we didn't shave for days. I don't remember having any discomfort then but perhaps it takes a longer growth of beard to get to the itching stage?
In any case, thanks to those who gave honest answers.
There are probably thousands of pictures of mid 19th century frontiersmen on the internet. Some with only mustaches, some clean shaven, some with mustache and beard.
My initial question was to find out if anyone used theatrical applications in their reenacting pursuits? Facial hair aside, anyone who does historical "reenacting", by the definition of the word is acting and it follows that makeup including facial hair could be part of someone's persona, if they so choose to use it.
I lost my hair years ago and by accounts of people growing beards, who I know personally, the itching is at the very least, annoying.
When I was in Vietnam we shaved when we could and many times, we didn't shave for days. I don't remember having any discomfort then but perhaps it takes a longer growth of beard to get to the itching stage?
In any case, thanks to those who gave honest answers.
Cruzatte
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No, I don't use theatrical hair. Stuff I've seen looks fake. I grow my own.
As long as you get quality stuff. Just don't look "amateurish" like some of the professionals in the movie Gettysburg. Talk about fake looking.
I had to repeat the 5th grade, refused to shave off my beard…
Snake Pleskin
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My brother can grow more beard in a week, then i can in a month!
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i have one about 1/3 of the year because i am lazy and hate to shave.
my wife hates a beard and when mine has been growing for a couple months, she has a single response. she points at it and says, "in your dreams!"
it gets shaved off.
i too was wondering about using a fake beard for theatre.
have had a moustache since 1964. shaved it one time and the dogs wouldn't let me in the house!
my wife hates a beard and when mine has been growing for a couple months, she has a single response. she points at it and says, "in your dreams!"
it gets shaved off.
i too was wondering about using a fake beard for theatre.
have had a moustache since 1964. shaved it one time and the dogs wouldn't let me in the house!
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Beard since retirement in 1973 except for two months [performance required]. Current wife did not like beards, according to her, but she loves mine. Quien sabe? 
[lost first wife to cancer] Dale
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Boone returned home from a near 2 year absence in which he never shaved. There was a shindig going on, and he danced with Rebecca without telling her who he was until after the dance. She did not recognize him. Beards and such were not common in the 18th c. society, but there would have been exceptions.
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That stopped when protective masks became mandatory shipborne.
Some religious exceptions still exist today.
The main reason no a lot of men shaved was you have to go to town and see the barber.
Straight razors were NOT designed for you to use, but the barber to use, shave and a hair cut, 2 bits.
In 1903 Gillette came out this the safety razor, anyone even the woman folk could use them.
I use one every day.
Well if you're talking His Majesty's Britannic Armed Forces..., you'd be shaving twice a week at least. Now I confess that I have a salt-n-pepper "wee wig" that gives me the appearance of my having long hair in a plait when I'm in my cocked, uniform hat.... but no facial hair.
IF you do Germanic..., well then maybe a handlebar mustache? Granted these guys are all soldiers, but the Germanic civilians sported the mustache quite a lot too... at least from what I've read......
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