Pencil Mustache

[brylcreem boy]

Gable!

Yes Indeed, when I think of pencil mustache, Clark Gable is 1st to come to mind. it perfectly compliments his face and the well groomed haircut.

 

[norton]

Not pencil thin but I think it qualifies:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Walt_Disney_NYWTS.jpg

 

[brylcreem boy]

Well after 2 weeks growing a Goatee... I shaved off everything but the stache, I practiced trimming it and now gonna let it thicken a bit before making it any thinner.... what da you think?? keeper??

 

[skyvue]

My wife asked me over the holidays to grow a mustache, just for fun, so I'm just under three weeks into it. I'm aiming for a vintage look with it, though I'm not sure it qualifies as "pencil-thin" -- William Powell's my inspiration, though mine's not going to be nearly as full as his; it's a bit sparse.

Here's what I have so far.

 

[docneg]

Maybe, just maybe...

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Has anyone else ever noticed that John Waters looks like Jerome Cowan?

Take a look: http://zyxweb.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Jerome&actor_last=Cowan

 

[scotrace]

My wife asked me over the holidays to grow a mustache, just for fun...

It works! Some guys can't do it, but I think it looks great. Does Mrs. skyvue like it?

 

[skyvue]

It works! Some guys can't do it, but I think it looks great. Does Mrs. skyvue like it?

Thanks! She does indeed. I wish the mustache would fill out a bit more, but I simply don't have a very thick beard. It does look a bit better in person than in those photos.

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Pencil Thin Mustache - Jimmy Buffet 1974

Now they make new movies in old black and white
With happy endings, where nobody fights
So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage
Honey, jump right up and show your age

Chorus:
I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
The boston blackie kind
A two toned ricky ricardo jacket
And an autographed picture of andy devine

I remember bein buck-toothed and skinny
Writin fan letters to sky king and penny
Oh I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
Then I could solve some mysteries too

Then its bandstand, disneyland, growin up fast
Drinkin on a fake i.d.
Yeah, and rama of the jungle was everyones bawana
But only jazz musicians were smokin marijuana
Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
Then I could solve some mysteries too

Then its flat top, dirty bob, coppin a feel
Grubbin on the livin room floor (so sore)
Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge,
But all you want to do is learn how to score

Yeah, but now Im gettin old, dont wear underwear
I dont go to church and I dont cut my hair
But I can go to movies and see it all there
Just the way that it used to be

Chorus:
Thats why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
The boston blackie kind
A two-toned ricky ricardo jacket
And an autographed picture of andy devine

Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be
Maybe suave errol flynn or the sheik of araby
If I only had a pencil thin mustache
Then I could do some cruisin too

Coda:
Yeah, bryl-cream, a little dabll do yah
Oh, I could do some cruisin too

 

[Dixon Cannon]

My 'pencil thin' couldn't decide what color
it wanted to be, so I erased it pronto!

-dixon cannon

 

[Matt Deckard]

It works! Some guys can't do it, but I think it looks great. Does Mrs. skyvue like it?

I know I can't do it... too many red and blond hairs in my stache. It's funny because those ones aren't on the top of my head.

 

[skyvue]

I know I can't do it... too many red and blond hairs in my stache. It's funny because those ones aren't on the top of my head.

Yeah, I have some light hairs in mine. It's really thicker than it appears in those pictures, but not as as thick I'd like.

I'm wondering now if I should save a break in the middle of it. I've dummied up a picture of it -- what do you guys think? Put a break in it, or go with the unistache look?

 

[Rider]

I've had one for a few years. They're a little more work in shaping, but well worth the effort.

Brad

Goodness gracious, Brad. I look at this photo and see Broderick Crawford! Anyone remember "Highway Patrol?" Man, that goes back a long way.

 

[MisterGrey]

Yeah, I have some light hairs in mine. It's really thicker than it appears in those pictures, but not as as thick I'd like.

I'm wondering now if I should save a break in the middle of it. I've dummied up a picture of it -- what do you guys think? Put a break in it, or go with the unistache look?

I believe that the split suits your face better. I can't quite put my finger on why, but, it does.

 

[woweewow]

one time when i was at the thrift store i saw the /best/ thing, this amazing mexican man with a moustache /just/ like clark gable's, and he was so cool about it, just like hey yeah i'm a way amazing mexican man with clark gable's moustache on my moustache and it makes me so charming and mysterious you don't want to look but you have to. i was staring at him alot and i felt bad because he noticed. i wish he hadn't noticed.

actually i think he just looked like a mexican clark gable. not exactly though because i would have thought that then instead of just now but boy he was great to look at. i never payed attention to pencil moustaches before then but now i like them. he looked like earlier that day he was probably doing some construction work like maybe building a house or tearing down one or something, but now he's taken off his construction hat and gloves and fancy boots and he's just doin' some shopping.

 

[PADDY]

A few years ago, I sported the Pencil...

...but I always felt that it was lacking 'lead' in it [huh] Always seemed to be two camps - those who LOVED it, and those who LOATHED it.

I didn't dislike it (otherwise I wouldn't have kept it for so long), though I never felt I had it 'the way' I wanted it - which was 'a la Gable or Flynn...'

 

[scotrace]

Skyvue, I vote for no split.

 

[Creeping Past]

Yes. No split, preferably.

Think Little Richard, John Waters, my old art teacher...

 

[filfoster]

pencil moustache

No split. This is a good, vintage look. These are not seen as often as they deserve to be. I blame Floyd the barber on the old Andy Griffith show.

 

[cherry lips]

My two cents: I didn't know I liked pencil moustaches (or moustaches at all for that matter) until I saw John Waters *drool* when he was much younger in the documentary Divine Trash, or in the pic below.

Now I love pencil staches. I like the look on you Skyvue

 

[PADDY]

Nice one Skyvue..!

Suits YOU sir..!:eusa_clap