Deadwood's Seth Bullock Western/Imperial style tash/beard....could I pull it off ?

[Yeps]

Thank you!
My wife laughs at the number of times people use the word "dapper" when referring to me.

It is comical how many people call me dapper. I guess they don't quite have a normal word for us.

 

[The Good]

Don't shave it. Your my new facial hair hero. I usually have a beard but mine doesn't grow in as fully on the sides. I'm always jealous of a full beard.

The kind of guys I work with that have a beard like yours are usually in harms way in the desert.

Yeah, no kidding. I'm a guy that grows facial hair slowly, and patchy. I think the full beard is actually cool, and does work well with hats, based on photos. I don't see why you can't wear smarter clothes with one either. It's a unique look, and probably one that many men would be self-conscious of, but you seem like you're used to it. Heck, I even thought Joaquin Phoenix's latest beard he had going on was cool...

 

[ukali1066]

Aww thanks for the beard love guys

 

[vintage68]

I say go for it. It's only hair after all and will grow back if you don't like it. Just be sure to keep the 'stache wide at the corners of the mouth so you get that "gunfighter" look.

 

[ukali1066]

Here's a quick photoshop image to show how it would look....technology is so handy

Had to crop it tight...I ran out of skin to play with

 

[Mr Badger]

Yeah, that'd work a treat! For what it's worth, I find that it's best, aesthetically, to keep the sideburns no longer than level with the top of your 'tache, as you've Photoshopped. Real big mutton chops just add width to the head, undermining the impact of the 'tache/soul patch...

Here's me and the missus being the first peeps to get spliced inside Sun Studios, think this 'trim' is a bit smaller than you've got in mind, but it was prolly one of the neatest/most pleasing facial topiary-taming sessions I've ever had, even with a rotten hangover!

 

[Aviator]

I echo other's sentiments - go for it. It will always grow back, and would be a cool change for you (it is always cool seeing your face in the mirror and seeing a radical change, until you grow used to it).

Heck, you could have shaved it in the same time it took you to Photoshop that pic.

 

[ukali1066]

Haha I knew someone would say that.....

Mr Badger you and the missus look superb and your observations on sideburn length spot on !

 

[Harry Gooch]

Go for it.

I did "movember", but couldn't get up the courage to add the soul patch.

I may do it in the spring, though. Let us know when you make the plunge (or not.)

Harry.