"Here's what I looked like before I started this whole process. At Jon's suggestion, I'd been trying to grow a beard for two weeks. Looks awful, doesn't it?"

"Here's half way done. I looked like a freak! If you look closely, you can see I had shaved half the beard."

"The back came out pretty straight if I do say so myself."

"Sorry about the tilt of these next two. I didn't have the camera straight. Anyway, here's the after shot."

"And here's the back after. I'm trying to decide if I want to try shaving it again or not. Right now, I'm thinking I'll keep it at the 1/4 in. that it's at right now. Any comments?"

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