newbie beard type suggestions.

[saucy_jack]

i've grown out a nice thick beard, the problem I'm having is that the hair of my beard is rather wiry and not straight at all, so i find myself constantly having to comb it.
is there anyone out there with the same beard type and have you been able to tame it?
are there any products i could use to keep it somewhat in place?

[Rufus]

Strange question for a forum entitled "Shave My Face". Sorry, but, as I've never grown a beard or moustache, I can't help.

[95%]

Jack, welcome aboard. There are in fact several bearded gentlemen in this forum. I think you will get some ideas from them soon.

[Racso_MS]

Jack,

First, welcome to the forum.

Second, we are a "Shaving Forum".

Don't take this wrong, but if you want to know how to maintain a beard, maybe you should find a forum that specialises in beards.

If you want to know how to shave a beard, "Dude just ask away".

Either way, "Enjoy your shave."

[Rufus]

Jack, welcome aboard. There are in fact several bearded gentlemen in this forum. I think you will get some ideas from them soon.

It seems "the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" may have infiltrated this forum...run for it chaps.

[CMur12]

Hi Jack -

I'm one of the very few bearded members here, as I only actually shave my neck and do a little clean-up on the cheeks.

I've worn a beard since 1972, and for the first few years I didn't shave at all. After 5 - 6 years I added the element of shaving that I mentioned above. I wore my beard quite bushy in the earlier years, after which I have trimmed it shorter and shorter.

My beard is also pretty curly, and I have never found a way to totally tame it. I've always had to comb it and trim the loose ends. And since there are always loose ends, I snip the strays just before I go anywhere. Wearing the beard shorter reduces the effect a little bit, but not altogether.

At this point, I really can't see myself without a beard, as it has become such a part of me. I also think most men look good with some facial hair, though I am largely alone in that sentiment around here.

Feel free to send me a private message/PM if you like. Otherwise, this board will be most helpful with any shaving you want to do around that beard.

- Murray

[brothers]

Jack, welcome aboard. There are in fact several bearded gentlemen in this forum. I think you will get some ideas from them soon.

I agree. I think many of us (not me) have beards in some form or other.

[bernards66]

Jack, I moved your thread here as this seemed the most appropriate sub-forum. I've had a goatee for many years and have to frequently comb it and tidy it up. It's just the way beards are I think. Welocme to SMF.
Regards,
Gordon

[brothers]

I did grow a beard (full) at one time, and enjoyed it. I remember the day I shaved it off also, even though its been few decades. It's almost like watching a video, surprisingly. I stood in front of the medicine cabinet mirror with a new blade loaded in my Schick Krona and a can of shaving cream, and it took a number of passes, many rinses of the razor, and the result was just about as refreshing as any other shave I've ever given myself. I have enjoyed the art of the shave for as long as I've been shaving. Never in a million years would I have foreseen myself sitting here typing this recollection of that specific shave for other guys to read and react to. But here we are!

[drumana]

saucy jack,

Welcome to the forum

My friend has a beard, and I think he mentioned taming it with small amounts of vaseline and combing it through...? It's a trick he picked up from his father, who has worn a beard since he was 17. There should be some kind of beard wax or something out there as I'm sure this is a fairly common issue with bearded gents...

BTW, if you hang around here long enough you'll probably start shaving. No one here would blame you...

[95%]

And of course, as Murray has pointed out, even a full beard needs to be shaved around the edges, on the neck and cheeks. Unless, that is, one wants to look like a werewolf or a homeless person.

[KAV]

"Lenin had a beard. Gabby Hayes had whiskers."- George Carlin

I grew my beard in the military in Alaska. I ignored the mantra it added little warmth and was actually a hygiene problem.
they were right and I shaved the thing off.

Unless you know Edward Scissorhands resign yourself to high maintenance.

[BeatlesFan]

I've worn a moustache for 35+ years (with just occasional times when I shaved it off for very brief periods).

As you say, it becomes part of you.

My 'stache grows very thickly, and straight. Maintenance is limited to straight-line trimming along my lip-line. No problems.

At times, I've grown a beard. It was always very Grizzly Adams -- i.e., ridiculously thick and bushy -- a maintenance nighmare. It felt like a constant battle with a hedge that wants to take over the garden!

In other words, I find moustache maintenance to be a breeze; but beard maintenance was a right royal drag. Maybe I'd grow a goatee; otherwise . . . fuggedabout it!. (For me personally, as always, YMMV).

[95%]

I could have written the same post, BeatlesFan. There's yet another factor for men of our age to consider. The more gray hair that shows, the older we look. A man may wear a gray moustache, but he's not a graybeard unless he grows one.

[dennisthemenace]

I'm a greybeard then. Sometimes I wear it full and only shave neck and upper cheeks, & sometimes lower lip. Currently wearing a van dyke, after a couple months of muttonchops & handlebar moustache! I'm an actor & the style is known to change w/ the part. Only clean shaven 2x in 30 yrs. Both times to play John Adams. To play Adams was worth looking like a big baby!
For your question, keep on combing!

[Pauldog]

You could experiment with different beard lengths. For the times when I have a beard, I recently bought a $12 Wahl battery powered beard clipper with a bunch of attachments. If you go that route, I highly recommend using rechargeable batteries.