How long to grow a beard?

Col_Decker · January 2014

So I've got myself a folk gig coming up in 2 weeks, and I've decided to don a full beard. Cos folkies love beards right? My last shave was a week ago and the gig is in a weeks time. Is 2 weeks growth enough to pass as a proper folk type or shall I be cast out as a non traditionalist?

Aaron jumper may also be worn

mike_l · January 2014

You'll be an outcast.

But you're used to that aren't you?

bertie · January 2014

going for a comb-over ?

mike_l · January 2014

And as an outcast there's no need for the jumper. Wear a Slayer T-shirt and really scare them..... *-:)

not_the_dj · January 2014

Trad folk or nu-folk/indie folk?

frankus · January 2014

about 1cm max - depending on how curly it gets.

monquixote · January 2014

It depends on how hirsute you are, but you'll probably have something fairly beardlike, but short. Certainly not the full fisherman.

Jetfire · January 2014

took me about 3/4 weeks to get a good beard but even now its still abit patchy..

Phil_aka_Pip · January 2014

10 days - 2 weeks for decent coverage but another 2 weeks to look like an old sailor

Col_Decker · January 2014

not_the_dj said:

Trad folk or nu-folk/indie folk?

ummmm

folk, its all folk to me. I stuggle with the song names, to me they are 'the one that goes E,D,G, or the one that goes Am,F, C' etc. But I do know one of them is called 'the flower and the young man'

Col_Decker · January 2014

lol and there was me thinking this thread would disappear without a reply. Just goes to prove we all love beards.

not_the_dj · January 2014

Col_Decker said:

not_the_dj said:

Trad folk or nu-folk/indie folk?

ummmm

folk, its all folk to me. I stuggle with the song names, to me they are 'the one that goes E,D,G, or the one that goes Am,F, C' etc. But I do know one of them is called 'the flower and the young man'

The Strawbs...you don't have enough time to grow the required beard....so I advise going out and buying a distracting hat.

mike_l · January 2014

Col_Decker said:

. But I do know one of them is called 'the flower and the young man'

Was that written about Decker, and his boyfriend?

jonnyburgo · January 2014

Depends really, if its trad folk a proper beard is de rigeur, however if you are doing nu-folk then just a shitty Che Guevara bumfluff jobbie is all you'll need.

bobblehat · January 2014

the trick to growing a a beard is in the trimming.

Grow for about two weeks then trim back to around 3mm .That way it will all be the same length and after another couple of days growth it will look thicker.

Lixarto · January 2014

About an hour if I concentrate.

I'm thinking of growing a spiv moustache.

chillidoggy · January 2014

I'd recommend a distraction technique in case the beard's a failure, open toed sandals, for example.

further · January 2014

You will also need a pewter pint pot

Phil_aka_Pip · January 2014

further said:

You will also need a pewter pint pot

... hanging from a leather belt on a pair of brown corduroy trousers. And don't forget the petrol pump impersonation with the finger in the ear

holnrew · January 2014

I can grow parts of a beard in that time. It varies from person to person.

thermionic · January 2014

Who's Aaron and does he mind you wearing his jumper?

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