Old Sport, is the refined gentleman a rarity?
I choose no beard for the simple fact that I would no sooner grow a beard than I would wear a beer-stained, wife-beater t-shirt.
I prefer to be well groomed, and that includes chin, eyebrows, nose, ears, and neatly combed no-more-than-medium-length hair.
If I have any facial hair it is a rare occurrence, and never more than 5 days growth, and only after I have been on holiday to a sporting locale.
The rugged growth should evoke a sense of “Wow, where have you been?” Not, “Couldn’t find the razor this morning, huh?”
To see me unshaven is to witness a man that has travelled and engaged in sport for the past several days.
It is not to witness yet another denizen of the great un-washed.
Ciao !