Should facial hair of some sort be a requirement for Classic Cowboy?

[Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580]

Seriously! People are constantly using old photos of cowboys, etc. as examples of how costuming should be. It's kind of been my impression that in the vast majority of those photos the subjects are wearing some style of facial hair, whether it be mustache, beard, whatever. So why not require it in Classic Cowboy? 

 

Except for one year when I was having worse than normal wrist issues, I've been shooting CC for almost twenty years, so I'm not bringing this up because I ain't "been there, done that". I have. So why not?

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

5 minutes ago, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said:

Seriously! People are constantly using old photos of cowboys, etc. as examples of how costuming should be. It's kind of been my impression that in the vast majority of those photos the subjects are wearing some style of facial hair, whether it be mustache, beard, whatever. So why not require it in Classic Cowboy? 

 

Except for one year when I was having worse than normal wrist issues, I've been shooting CC for almost twenty years, so I'm not bringing this up because I ain't "been there, done that". I have. So why not?

Come on Charlie not everyone has the ability to grow facial hair and have it look good.  

Edited April 5 by Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L

[Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580]

Just now, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Come on Charlie not everyone has the ability to grow facial hair and have it look good.

I didn't say anything about looking good, just that it had to be there! 😁

[Rip Snorter]

Interesting point, actually, if you look it up, near 90% of U.S. males had facial hair around the turn of the century, 1890 on.  Trending toward moustaches!

Edited April 5 by Rip Snorter
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[Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580]

My point exactly! 

[Rip Snorter]

Flashing back to HS & College Theatricals, spirit gum and fake would work.

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

Some folks who work in jobs that require the use of resperators cannot have facial hair due to job requirements and the need for a proper facial seal. 

[Rip Snorter]

Fake ones are easy on and off, if well made, they aren't even uncomfortable. Various solvents are made to soften and remove the adhesive.

[Garrison Joe, SASS #60708]

What would John Wayne wear?  Or Gary Cooper?  😉  GJ

[Stump Water]

14 minutes ago, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said:

What would John Wayne wear?

 

 

[Cypress Sun]

Yes...with the provision they must wear the same outfit that they will be wearing to the match for 20 days in a row before the match, arrive at the match riding a horse that carries all match guns, ammo and everything needed at the match and leave the match riding a horse. Most importantly, they must pay match fees in whatever currency was available/worth in the particular year that their character is based on.

[Rip Snorter]

No guncart either, right?

[Null N. Void]

No

[Garrison Joe, SASS #60708]

And, it may be the mustache and soul patch that killed him.  GJ

Edited April 5 by Garrison Joe, SASS #60708

[Stump Water]

12 minutes ago, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said:

And, it may be the mustache that killed him.  GJ

[Beartrap SASS#57175]

Stop it.

[Rance - SASS # 54090]

I don’t shoot that class.. but making it a mandatary rule?? 
No.. a lot of wives don’t like facial hair on their husbands..
Shooter has a wedding where he’s gotta walk his daughter down the aisle..

Daughter wants a clean shaved Dad for the wedding and all the pictures..

Memories ya know..

Dad has a Major Match the next day?? Not enough facial hair to suit the judges..

Disqualified for CC.. next shooter..

 

Don’t need no stink in’ badges… errr..  uhhh…  facial hair..

[Silver Creek Jack]

Plain and simple, NO!!

[Dantankerous]

Ever see the JW movie The Cowboys? How many of them guys had facial hair? 🤠

 

Plenty of real Old West cowBOYS were young and probably couldn't grow enough facial hair to bother with owning a razor. Not all cowboys looked like Sam Elliot. 

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Think about it like this, should Classic Cowgirls not be allowed razors?

[Jackalope]

2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

Yes...with the provision they must wear the same outfit that they will be wearing to the match for 20 days in a row before the match, arrive at the match riding a horse that carries all match guns, ammo and everything needed at the match and leave the match riding a horse. Most importantly, they must pay match fees in whatever currency was available/worth in the particular year that their character is based on.

I can't imagine that safety glasses, ear protection, blood pressure medication, stints and pace makers would be allowed...

 

🤠

[John Kloehr]

All shooters in the category? I think at least the ladies should be allowed to shave.

[Rip Snorter]

Threading!

[Ol Salty Sailor]

5 hours ago, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said:

Seriously! People are constantly using old photos of cowboys, etc. as examples of how costuming should be. It's kind of been my impression that in the vast majority of those photos the subjects are wearing some style of facial hair, whether it be mustache, beard, whatever. So why not require it in Classic Cowboy? 

 

Except for one year when I was having worse than normal wrist issues, I've been shooting CC for almost twenty years, so I'm not bringing this up because I ain't "been there, done that". I have. So why not?

Here is an idea in two parts:

Make facial hair one of the optional costuming requirements and increase the number of required item to any six from the list of options.

[Matthew Duncan]

Grandpa.  Why do you have a mustache and grandma don’t?

 

Because grandmas shaves hers….until SASS makes it mandatory.

[Black Hills Barb]

Just let us Classic Cowgirls alone, unless you count a fake mustache as one of the requirements.

[Rye Miles #13621]

4 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

No guncart either, right?

So horses then? Maybe a buckboard? 

[40Chev]

I know a guy that caught his beard in his side by side when he snapped it shut who might object.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

4 hours ago, Stump Water said:

Okay, this is a good example.    After about a month, I would not have that full of a beard.  I am not joking.   Some people just can't grow decent facial hair.

[Rip Snorter]

It is a game, one which has enormously expanded the rules since I last shot a match. I have had a moustache more years than not in a long life. Currently not, but easy to resume.  An amusing interlude in the Real Cowboy Shooting dialog. I should have left it alone - boring day, apologies!  You don't play the game, you don't make the rules! Some will remember that as a pre meme .

Edited April 6 by Rip Snorter

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

5 hours ago, Ol Salty Sailor said:

Here is an idea in two parts:

Make facial hair one of the optional costuming requirements and increase the number of required item to any six from the list of options.

 

Yer gettin' warmer there Ol Salty.   Here's what I'd do.  Make it be an alternative requirement for chinks.  If it gets fewer cowboys wearing chinks then it is a win-win.  hehe.  

[Griff]

Winter must still have its grip on Orygun!  

[Totes Magoats]

It's a good thing the term "Classic" doesn't change in CAS like it does in music.  Else, folks would have to dress like John Travolta in Urban Cowboy (1980).  

 

Ain't now way Gun's N Roses is 'Classic' rock now!  😄

 

Totes

[Assassin]

Perhaps a Facial Hair category. Heck, we've got a category for everything else.

[watab kid]

i think yall should do what feels right and works in your current situation , im retired , i have a beard ever since i was retired , i had one before i was employed - in college , its got to be optional as classic cowboys lived that way i think , some g=had , some didnt , depended on if they had facility and or wanted to groom as one might have wanted back them , 

 

im not cutting my beard but i didnt grow it for this game , let everyone do their own thing within the constraints' they live in or you will loose shooters