Ryan McFarland

On my new quest to grow every beard (and mustache) style possible I declare success with the Amish Style. Next? well, I trimmed it to a goatee.

My progress on the beard types

If you have spent a few hours with me and my friends in the last six months you’ve noticed that a few times an evening the conversation turns to beards. I’m a bit torn on the category that i should enter but i have a good idea for a beard. I’ll probably end up doing something that uses my whole face but doesn’t require long growth.  Perhaps the freestyle beard category — although i’m sure i’d never win.  To the right is a silly image and a good description of the new beard category that i’m trying to get Earl to enter in — the Alaskan Whaler. Here are all of the categories that will be in the Anchorage competition.

I was just doing some stumbling on the web and found Jon Dyer’s blog where he chronicles his attempt to wear as many beard and mustache types as possible.  He’s using the diagram below to guide his sculpting.

Josh jailed by the Vikings

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Earl paid $20 to have Josh jailed “for shaving the ’stache.”

The latest facial hair experiment

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I generally don’t like to wear a moustache — but here’s my fu man chu.

This week’s facial hair

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I’m rarely ever clean shaven. I never have tried growing a massive beard like Earl is. But I do horse around with my facial hair. This time is odd because it involves a mustache which I don’t grow well. It won’t last long!