Kilts and facial hair. Two things that go together like PB&J. Why do the majority of kilt wearing mean have facial hair?

Post a Pic showing off your facial hair!

I hate you and your genes...

My Hispanic ancestry gives me that thin Zorro mustache. You have a glorious 'stache.

**Mumble grumble**

here is mine...a little untrimmed, but here.

getting the leather to grow out of my scalp was far more difficult than I thought it would be.

I need to find a pic of me with my facial hair . . . .

Children, children, children - This is a beard!

That's a beard?

So is this!







Fun bit of trivia... In the dreadlocked state, my beard had enough hair in the locks to reach down past my feet most likely. When I started allowing my beard to lock up, it was down to below my belly button. Near belt buckle level. After the locks formed, all of that hair shrank up and formed little dreadlings only about 2 inches long on my chin.



I miss them terribly.

One day, I will once again become the messenger of Cthulhu and the tentacles will return.

Dread - you're such a show-off. Here's a pic of me sporting my Dreadbelly Tam.







Sorry, wrong pic......Here I am.

I'am Henry The 8th I am, Henry the 8th I am I am, I've been married to the widow next door shes been married 7 times before..........

I present the Anti-Goatee!

And that, ladies and gents, is an awesome pic.

Uh, Thank ya, Thank ya very much.

That's not an Anti-Goatee, Those Are SUper Duper Mutton Chops! I love it!!!!!!

A lot kilted men really do wear beards... I wonder if it is related somehow to the kilt wearing. As a masculinity projection or the fact that we are more comfortable with our bodies. Or something.

Facial hair is frowned upon so much. Women are encouraged, even cheered on to show the characteristics of their sex, their breasts. Men on the other hand, we are required to strip our masculinity away in order to fit in and be part of society. Beards aren't readily accepted, men are required to strip away their defining gender characteristic to get jobs, be accepted, etc.

Just an observation. I'd said all of this before.

i dont have any recent pics of my goatee. it just recently started being thick enough to count as one.

and dread i must ask, in that full body pic, is that a chain wallet being kept inside the sporran?

Yes, yes it is. Why?

because i been wondering how i could wear my chain wallet with my kilt and i never thought of just putting it in the sorran. i like it!

I still have the wallet, but the chain broke.

I thought it looked OK, seeing as how the sort of kilt I was wearing made it look appropriate, but you should have seen the sort of stink that it caused with a certain group of people who shall go unnamed. Wallet on a chain IS NOT appropriate traditional kilt wear... Teehee.

Nore are Crocs



HAHAHAHA

wow, what wont they bitch about.

anyway, yeah i gotta buy a new chain wallet myself.

**Hangs head in shame**

Granted they are comfortable, but they are like Segways. Nobody Ever Looks cool on a Segway. Ever.

Not even the pic of the Kilted Police Man at the Faire with the Segway with the nubby tires. Nope.


I still love you Barley.



holy crap I highjacked my own thread,

For some reason a bunch of seemingly intelligent people lacked the reading comprehension to understand that it was NOT A GOSH DANG SPORRAN CHAIN. "You really shouldn't wear a chain sporran strap." "It isn't a chain sporran strap." "The chain holding up your sporran looks a little loose." "It isn't a chain sporran strap." "I think your strap is broken, how does the other side stay up?" "IT ISN'T A CHAIN SPORRAN STRAP!" "The chain sporran strap looks lopsided, you might want to fix that."

DIE DIE DIE!

Ahem.

Now, lets stop talking about Barley's feet and chains and GET BACK TO THE FACIAL HAIR!!!

Continuing in the Hi Jack mode - - - - I think Crocs and kilts go together just fine.

Kilts are super comfortable! Crocs are super comfortable!

Crocs go with kilts; kilts go with Crocs................

I tend to change my facial hair up fairly often. Here's one example....

A couple years ago:

Gee, Is that an XMTS Kilt Pin I see......

Yep. It is.

Want to buy one? I think I still have one that didn't break someplace.

Beeman chops rock!!
Heres me fugly mug!!

You guys rock! All of my brothers are so handsome!

Thats sweet, but I think you meant to say....hairy.

Hey Dread, you need to weave some smoldering fuses into your beard for the next photo-shoot!

I am proud to see men embracing their gray bread hairs. I hope no one here ever feels that they need to cover them up! I am proud of mine!

I need to regrow my beardlocks for the next photo shoot.

That reminds me, you should have seen the reaction when I went out and saw Pirates of the Caribbean II. My beard got all kinds of stares after the movie, and quite a few stares before.

One of these days, when they grow back, I'll slide a few slow matches into my beard and go a plunderin' the lubbers.

I got no problem with dying; my wife does her hair, why shouldn't I if I want? I've taken to dying mine while I'm in school; I'd rather look closer to the student's age than the Prof's. I'm 46, and I've been mistaken for a professor more than once!

Besides, with my (now) longer hair, I can qualify as my wife's "boy-toy" that way.

You want grey? Try white. At 45. (and earlier)

So, here's Rex, before and after.

Yeah, I'm high maintenance.

Regards,
Rex.

Nice whiskers!!

REX, AWSOME!!

Puffer

Question for the wax users?

What kind of waxs / gel / holds do you use on your Mustaches?

I use a crappy wax made for styling hair. it leaves gunk in my stache.

What do you use Rex?

Here I am.....

I use Clubman brand mustache wax, which is water soluble. I wash it out every morning and start over.

A friend of mine uses theatrical eyebrow wax - it's like a giant Chapstick - and a blow dryer to achieve this look.

I have attempted to make my own, but results were spotty. You should also check out the list of Moustache Wax Suppliers from the Handlebar Club out of the UK.

Regards,
Rex.

I have a fairly sad excuse for a 'tash. & a scruffy beard due to being too slack to shave in cold weather. I care not, for I have facial tattooing.

If you want to make your own >>>This site<<< has several recipes and several other hints.

For my personal use, I like the blow dryer right after the shower.

Yep, that's where I started. I now have pounds and pounds of beeswax, petroleum jelly, glycerin soap, white wax, gum arabic, and essential oils in the basement. What I came out with was either too stiff and crumbly, or too oily. I decided in the end that the product I could buy in the store was far superior and cheaper than what I could make myself.

Regards,
Rex.

While looking for the recipe for mustache wax, that I had seen somewhere before, I came across two great web-sites that fit right in to this thread. I just may have to join both of them.

The first is the Handlebar Club >>>Here<<<

and the second is the British Beard Club >>>Here<<<

Either one or both seems to be a pleasant place for hirsute guys to hang out. Curiously, there doesn't seem to be a Mustache Club of America or a Beard Club of America (Not that I think there needs to be one!)

Well, there was the once non-orientational and now-defunct mybeard.org, but it got a little cruisy. For whatever reason - money and time, I think - the owner of the site shut it down. But, wow, were there some awesome beards there! I do believe there's an opportunity there for someone enterprising enough.

Regards,
Rex.

Oh But there is!!!
Whisker Club

They were even sponsers of a charity Contest called the Beard and Stache Fest here in Seattle. I was a contentestant, but I did not win!
B&S Fest

Here was my pic for the contest

Looking at these pictures I got the silly thought. You could scare the p@nt$ off a lot of kids. Not a bad thing. Lol

Yeah, a few kids freaked out. More parents freaked out than kids did. Mothers would snatch up there kids and yank them away as I went by.

I do wish I had a better 'stache, like some of you folks. The corner of my mouth has been lacerated more than once, one cut went from the corner of my mouth up to the nostril, and kept going a bit. Lip was sliced clean through, you could see the gums and the teeth and part of my nose was hanging off. Makes my smile crooked. If you look in the pictures, you can see my smile is crooked and my 'stache pulls up and off to the side. If I take the time to fix it, I can trim it in such a way that it becomes barely noticeable.

That's part of the reason why I wear facial hair. Face looks all weird and lumpy and distorted with out it, and there are a few scars that are noticeable.

That is a great portrait!

Regards,
Rex.

PICTURES d@mn IT!!!!

[quote name='Barley Bird' date='Apr 29 2009, 09:40 AM' post='159397']
Yeah, a few kids freaked out. More parents freaked out than kids did. Mothers would snatch up there kids and yank them away as I went by.

I do wish I had a better 'stache, like some of you folks. The corner of my mouth has been lacerated more than once, one cut went from the corner of my mouth up to the nostril, and kept going a bit. Lip was sliced clean through, you could see the gums and the teeth and part of my nose was hanging off. Makes my smile crooked. If you look in the pictures, you can see my smile is crooked and my 'stache pulls up and off to the side. If I take the time to fix it, I can trim it in such a way that it becomes barely noticeable.

That's part of the reason why I wear facial hair. Face looks all weird and lumpy and distorted with out it, and there are a few scars that are noticeable.
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Well, don't have a problem with your appearance. I did not mean it that way. If I were in your shoes I probably would let my beard grow too. I just thought you might look scary to kids. Sorry, I did not mean to be rude, or offensive. If I have offended you in any way please accept my apology.

Beat me to it. I'm interested as well Raptor.

Er, no worries, that last part wasn't directed at you at all.

Mothers freaked out because of the dreadlocks. They still freak out because I'm kilted, for some reason. I can't catch a break.


/When I was a boy, I was so ugly that my mother had to tie meat around my neck to get the dog to play with me. My granny fed me with a ten foot pole AND a slingshot! I was so ugly that the doctor slapped my mama.

I was so ugly my mothers nipples would move away from me. I had to be fed with a bottle.

BACK TO THE FACIAL HAIR or in one case FACIAL TATS!!

Scars are the road maps of our lives. With out scars there has been no experience. Dread, with everything you have been through would make a normal man wimper.

This isn't a real good picture, I'm sporting a full beard now.


Oh I'm the one on the left. Scooter is on the right.

Jim

Meh... mine was blond, now turning white.
It's about 3 times longer now... I like how it blows up & tickles my face when riding my 'cycle.

In all honesty, getting my face slashed really didn't hurt when it happened, I hardly had time to feel it, so there really isn't anything "tough" about it, but I whimpered a bit and acted like a big baby while a few nurses had to sit on me and staple the corner of my nose back on to my face and stitch that whole area up. If I just would have held still it would probably look a lot better now.

Well, I was so ugly that when I was born, the doctor slapped my mother instead of me!

Ok, here's the tash, tatts & fangs.



Here's a pic after first sitting (unfinished)



Now it comes right over beside my mouth (there's a torc there plus some more spirals), & I finished my neck off by adding a z-rod under the mirror & comb. As I have lost my accent, & cant always wear my kilt, those who understand can now always see my nationality, & my claim to Pictish blood.

Raptor, I want to be clear when I say this, that it comes from a clear and non-threating manner.

I think I love you.

While not at a Beeman level of grandeur, my 'chops have become the target of much comment.



I had just shaped/trimmed them in this picture. I do this less to make them look better (because they don't) but more because I am not interested enough in my own appearance to do the upkeep so they stay in shape at all of their glory.

jim

That's a good look for you. Aviators and sideburns is a classic look.

Admitedly ,some years ago... perhaps that's the best way

Why thank you sir. I like it myself, as does my lady friend. So win win in my book.

Also, while this doesn't show it, this is the first picture I have posted here of me kilted!

Oh and Raptor, quick curiosity question. What situations are you finding yourself where a kilt is not permitted but facial tattoos are ok?

jim

Easy. Motorcycling! Not that kilts aren't permitted, by I dont wish to add to my collection of roadrash. I'm pretty much a daily rider, so the kilt only gets worn nowdays when I'm driving or we're going out.

Oh yeah, Eric.... Thanks. I think

Ah! Makes sense. Being a semi-avid mountain-biker, I feel your pain. Both in two wheel-inflicted injury and the fact that our other passions can force us into p@nt$.

jim

i can't believe i overlooked this thread!...

here's my profile pic for this forum... it is about a year old i guess... i've grown the beard longer


here's one from Easter... but i had trimmed it up some then... it is even longer still... gotta put up a more recent shot...


the wee one in my arms is my daughter.

Not much but I have to keep it short for my terrible job...better than not being able to have any at all I suppose...

My Van Dyke has been coming along nicely. A kind of Kilted Musketeer look going on. Humm I wonder if any Scots hung out the the French Musketeers in the 1600's?

Just a place holder till I can post a pic I took today before work. I hadn't shaved since my freinds wedding reception 0n the 12th and I had to mow it all off this evening before work. I promised a pic of the beard in all of it's last minute glory but am having an issue with my card reader. I hope to have it posted soon.