The 1 Inch Gaurd

I got to do something tonight that I have never done before.  I used the 1 inch Gaurd attachment on my clippers to trim my beard... I was quite surprised that my beard had gotten that long, but when you think about it, I have not done any maintenance since thanksgiving.  

The whole operation made me think of the pictures of the Civil War Generals.  Men like Ambrose Burnside, Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, James Longstreet, Alpheus Williams, J.E.B. Stuart,  or John Dunlap Stevenson.  For the life of my I have yet to figure out Burnside's beard, all he shaved was his chin, the part of my face which I hate and find to be the most challenging.  

The one dissatisfying fact about my beard is the chin is almost entirely white.