Urban Beardsman
Urban Beardsman
According to the ultimate authority on everything, (Facebook, what else?) The new fad for males is that we are now required to grow a full beard and to call ourselves the Urban Beardsmen.
Gary
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This month' s PLAYBOY had a feature article on grooming and facial hair. What little I was able to read before the barber
called me, didn't espouse full beards but seemed to concentrate on that scraggly 2-3 day's growth of facial hair now
apparently popular with actors, male models, athletes and entertainers.
I'm due back at the barber in the next 10 days and maybe I'll be able to read more, if someone hasn't ripped off the
barbershop's copy...right after I check out the centerfold!
I'll be looking to see what Gillette/Braun products are worked into the story.
jr/John
called me, didn't espouse full beards but seemed to concentrate on that scraggly 2-3 day's growth of facial hair now
apparently popular with actors, male models, athletes and entertainers.
I'm due back at the barber in the next 10 days and maybe I'll be able to read more, if someone hasn't ripped off the
barbershop's copy...right after I check out the centerfold!
I'll be looking to see what Gillette/Braun products are worked into the story.
jr/John
Enjoying wet shaving, again.
jr/John
jr/John
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Well, I've worn a beard for over forty years. I keep it short and neatly trimmed, I shape it a bit at the cheek, and I shave my neck.
Urban has nothing to do with it, in my case. I live in a small rural town and I have had it when I lived in other small towns, the Brazilian Amazon, and the city.
In my opinion, a man should honor the fact that he grows whiskers by letting at least some of them show in groomed form.
- Murray
Urban has nothing to do with it, in my case. I live in a small rural town and I have had it when I lived in other small towns, the Brazilian Amazon, and the city.
In my opinion, a man should honor the fact that he grows whiskers by letting at least some of them show in groomed form.
- Murray
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I've gone through stages in life where I have been clean shave, had a mustache, a full beard and a goatee. Currently in a clean shaven stage and plan on remaining that way. Do go without a daily shave sometimes. Just too lazy to shave I guess.
John brings up an interesting point about the current state of facial hair growth that I see on celebrities. The 2-3 day growth. I do not like it unless they are caught by paparazzi that way. But guys going to events or doing the talk shows on tv and doing so with that scraggily look really is not what I like to see. While I may miss a shave for a couple days in arow if I am going out somewhere for dinner or shopping etc. I will shave, even if it is just a quick one pass shave.
John brings up an interesting point about the current state of facial hair growth that I see on celebrities. The 2-3 day growth. I do not like it unless they are caught by paparazzi that way. But guys going to events or doing the talk shows on tv and doing so with that scraggily look really is not what I like to see. While I may miss a shave for a couple days in arow if I am going out somewhere for dinner or shopping etc. I will shave, even if it is just a quick one pass shave.
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no comments from me other than to say that it seems as just as much work, if not more, to keep a 2 day 'he' man looking beard than it is to be clean shaven
clive
clive
de gustibus non est disputandum
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Clive, you're right. It takes just as much work to maintain a well-groomed beard as it does to shave.
Since I groom a beard and shave, I may actually spend more time at it. When I originally grew the beard, over 40 years ago, the idea was low upkeep. At that time, I didn't shave my neck and I just gave the beard the occasional brushing. Now, it's all neatly groomed and I just do what I need to for the look I want. The beard is too much a part of me now, so I wouldn't consider shaving it off.
- Murray
Since I groom a beard and shave, I may actually spend more time at it. When I originally grew the beard, over 40 years ago, the idea was low upkeep. At that time, I didn't shave my neck and I just gave the beard the occasional brushing. Now, it's all neatly groomed and I just do what I need to for the look I want. The beard is too much a part of me now, so I wouldn't consider shaving it off.
- Murray
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Murray, after 40 years I guess your beard isn't a fad!
At various times a beard intrigued me. but I worked for many years in uptight companies which sold men's shaving
and grooming items, so...
Then as a LEO beards, except for medical or documented religious reasons, were verboten
Now that there are no constraints of any kind, a beard is no longer fancied.
Ain't that life??
jr/John
At various times a beard intrigued me. but I worked for many years in uptight companies which sold men's shaving
and grooming items, so...
Then as a LEO beards, except for medical or documented religious reasons, were verboten
Now that there are no constraints of any kind, a beard is no longer fancied.
Ain't that life??
jr/John
Enjoying wet shaving, again.
jr/John
jr/John
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LOL, I always imagine the rocker/actor types shaving on day 3 and then going into hiding for two days until their 2 day old beard looked just right for publik consumption!
clive
clive
de gustibus non est disputandum
Re: Urban Beardsman
Like the characters in Miami Vice from a few decades ago. Scruffy was cool. The pendulum swings back and forth, doesn't it.
Gary
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Still working on mine.
Fad or not, you should see how hard I'm trying to care.
Fad or not, you should see how hard I'm trying to care.
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"Urban Beardsman", the GQ unshaven look, etc. all seem very juvenile and slothful to me.
Bryan
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Murray's right: it's all about trimming, shaping, and tending whatever facial hair a man wishes to display. I have a mustache only, which nevertheless requires some attention each day so that it doesn't become unruly. I very much eschew the scruffy look and admire a gent like Ben Bernanke who sports a carefully trimmed beard.
Porter
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Two words.
Nickelson Wooster.
Nickelson Wooster.
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I wear a goatee...my facial hair isn't very dense, so when I grow it out it looks pretty ratty.
Therefore I keep my goatee quite short, probably about 1/8" to 3/16". I have to trim it about every 3rd or 4th day to keep it under control. I use one of the larger electric clippers (I forget what brand) with a guard.
I will go for the clean shave periodically, but interestingly my wife doesn't care for that look. Go figure.
Therefore I keep my goatee quite short, probably about 1/8" to 3/16". I have to trim it about every 3rd or 4th day to keep it under control. I use one of the larger electric clippers (I forget what brand) with a guard.
I will go for the clean shave periodically, but interestingly my wife doesn't care for that look. Go figure.
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My own prejudice towards the full beard, "I just gave up on life" look, can be summed up thus:
Give us the luxuries, and we will forgo the necessities.
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic