Beard me!

[Osterbaum]

This thread is about beards. And moustaches aswell, I guess. And sideburns. So it's about facial hair. Why am I making a thread about facial hair?

Well, basically I've never grown much of it. That is to say, I've never gone longer periods of time without shaving. September this year I am returning to military service. They dont allow you to have much hair in the army, and that includes facial hair. So I see this summer as my final chance (before entering service) to try out having some hair grow on my face.

In this thread, I aim to document the growth of said hair. But meanwhile, since that might be a long process, I invite all of you to share your facial-hair-related experiences or shear your own magnificent beard or moustache with the rest of us.

A few final words for opening the thread.
1) If the thread just dies out I'll assume you're not interested in facial hair (and are as such not manly enough for my tastes) and wont try to make another one
2) If at some point I find out that I look totally ridiculous with facial hair, I reserve the right to shave whenever I want to
3) Feel free to make suggestions on how to 'model' my facial hair as it grows

We'll see how far I get. Let's do this. Here is a picture of me how I normally look like, without any facial hair. The picture is from a year ago, but I haven't changed much.