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The Moustache

Nick D

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Here's a recent one with the ends waxed out straight.

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JeffOYB

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I'm getting some mustache static from folks that is puzzling me. I like a lot of styles, including vintage/classic and steampunk. Folks seem to enjoy my tweeds and knickers/breeches and various hats.

I recently began sporting a *handlebar mustache* and it's causing quite a stir. I thought it was just fun and nifty. I like the bold voyageur/pirate angle and it's just plain classic/classy, I would think.

Friends are baffled. People don't recognize me. Family threatens scissors.

If I let it "down" and it droops like a Harley biker then they're fine. They like my beard and/or 'stache short and bristly. I thought a flowing, curvy look would be a nice change. Is it a face-shape thing? Are there certain faces that like 'em and others don't? Maybe it just doesn't work on me. It just seems like it shouldn't be a big deal. It's not huge. Medium. Family has said they'd rather I had a short horseshoe which, again, seems "biker" to me and not steampunk/classic so much.

I kinda like the vintage tweed fixie bike culture that's blooming of late. A handlebar seems fitting. It's now ski season and I also go vintage on skis. So why wouldn't a handlebar fit there, too?

They can't say exactly why they hate it. But I can't say exactly why I like it, though I have those leads above. So I'm stuck. Ideas? I'll head over to the Handlebarclub.com and see what's up there...
 

JeffOYB

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Yeah, good idea. But folks usually respond really well to my fashion moves. Guess I need to press on thru the heat. Tho I don't want to make folks uncomfortable. ...Tho a recent hat -- a tartan driving hat gets raspberries I like it anyway. Mostly, I manage a "different but good" response. Lucky! :) But maybe I've somehow gone a step too far. I suppose some 'staches just don't "fit" people. Mistakes can happen. Maybe I'll post a pic...

Another idea would be to get out on the town a few times and get a read from the general public. If pitchforks come out, that's a sign. If I get a good reaction, that's a sign, too. ...Take a meter reading, yeah, that's the idea. (We're going to a nifty town for a few days tomorrow, so that'll be my test. I hope that family I meet there doesn't cry.)
 
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dnjan

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I'm getting some mustache static from folks that is puzzling me. I like a lot of styles, including vintage/classic and steampunk. Folks seem to enjoy my tweeds and knickers/breeches and various hats.

I recently began sporting a *handlebar mustache* and it's causing quite a stir. I thought it was just fun and nifty. I like the bold voyageur/pirate angle and it's just plain classic/classy, I would think.
A photo would be nice.
 

1961MJS

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Norman Oklahoma
I'm getting some mustache static from folks that is puzzling me. I like a lot of styles, including vintage/classic and steampunk. Folks seem to enjoy my tweeds and knickers/breeches and various hats.

I recently began sporting a *handlebar mustache* and it's causing quite a stir. I thought it was just fun and nifty. I like the bold voyageur/pirate angle and it's just plain classic/classy, I would think.

Friends are baffled. People don't recognize me. Family threatens scissors.

If I let it "down" and it droops like a Harley biker then they're fine. They like my beard and/or 'stache short and bristly. I thought a flowing, curvy look would be a nice change. Is it a face-shape thing? Are there certain faces that like 'em and others don't? Maybe it just doesn't work on me. It just seems like it shouldn't be a big deal. It's not huge. Medium. Family has said they'd rather I had a short horseshoe which, again, seems "biker" to me and not steampunk/classic so much.

I kinda like the vintage tweed fixie bike culture that's blooming of late. A handlebar seems fitting. It's now ski season and I also go vintage on skis. So why wouldn't a handlebar fit there, too?

They can't say exactly why they hate it. But I can't say exactly why I like it, though I have those leads above. So I'm stuck. Ideas? I'll head over to the Handlebarclub.com and see what's up there...
Hi

Do a search on Snidley Whiplash, then maybe you'll see why they don't like it. I get static if I let mine get too long. I own Moustache wax that has never been opened.

later
 

Nick D

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Upper Michigan
I do envey your mustache. I wish mine grew so full, alas I have a slightly bald philtrum.

"It is an art, the growing of the moustache! I have sympathy for all who attempt it.”

I've seen some excellent 'taches with little in the centre. The only way to know how it'll look is to let it grow!
 

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