Here, in this picture, you may see on the right, myself, and on the left, Theodore (as I have chosen to call him). Now, just last night, I was buying ice cream, and when I look up at the man selling it, I was lucky enough to come stache to stache with Theodore, as well as his lovely Mutton-Stache.

Now, the Mutton-Stache is a rarely executed facial hair style that should only be attempted by professional Stachists, such as Theodore. It is a combo style where the grower lets his side burns creep down his jaw until they are graciously allowed to connect with the glorious mustache, without any pesky beard to distract away. It as if Theodore here has two gorgeous arrows down his face directly to his mustache, screaming out for all the world to hear, “Look how beautiful my face is now. I am a MAN”

Kids- don’t try this at home.

[P.S. Theodore- If you read this and would like me to update this article with your real name, please contact me at Joseph@stachist.com]

There were some fine specimens of mustache amongst the bartenders and staff at San Francisco’s Savoy Tivoli. This is just one example from this weekend’s All Shook Down festival. Mustaches should be a requirement for bartenders.

What do you get when you combine a newsboy hat, aviator sunglasses and a St. Christopher’s medal perched lovingly atop a hint of the mustache’s neighbor, the chestache?  You get a man who, according to his submission, is named Jer.  What do you get when you add a final accessory, this one below Jer’s nose?

You get a freaking rock star.

With the classic twist that only comes after roughing it through a week’s or even month’s long stage of awkwardness, today’s Submit Your Stache All-Star has reached the holy land of staches that few achieve: the necessity of actually having a favorite mustache wax.

You’ve heard of milk mustaches—those are for kiddos. Grown men with real mustaches prefer to wear the Guiness mustache instead. And having a real stache underneath makes your Guiness last just that much longer. Facebook fan Gregory models the Guiness mustache with his already impressive handlebars.

Reader Damian B. sent us a photo of his mustache while it was on vacation in Hawaii. You can almost feel the wind blowing through the curls of his untamed lip whiskers.

This is my brother. He had a mustache. I’m assuming it was a tribute to me and this site. He always had goatee, so it wasn’t too difficult to  move to the mustache. I’m disappointed tho because he only kept it for a day. Weak sauce.

My friend spotted this mustache on Halloween and wrote me:

found this stache on the street, too good to not throw a gnome hat on, what do you think of him stachey? could he make your website?

The answer is yes. Yes, of course. If I saw that mustache, I’da thrown a gnome hat on him too. (She was a Gnome for Halloween.)

Location: West 4th Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan, after the Halloween parade

What’s your name, Mr. Monocle?
Oliver

I have to say, that is one fantastic ’stache. Is it part of your costume?
Nope, but it is part of me.

What part of the world gives us such a glorious ’stache?
Western Ireland

And what do you do here, besides get random guys to ask to take your picture for their website?
I’m an artist.  A painter- oil on canvas.

I could smell this guy’s stogie half way down the block. He was on his work break.

How long have you had your mustache for?

Since I was 19. And I’m 55. So… figure it out.

Wow. That’s a long time. What made you decide to grow one?

Probably because I could back then. It was the first time I could really grow one.

Have you had different styles?

Yeah, I’ve had a goatee. But now it’s all white so I don’t do it. Just this little flavor patch.

Where are you from originally?

I was born in the Philippines but I grew up in Minnesota.

Have you ever thought about shaving it?

Not seriously.

…

Do you have a good mustache story?

Can’t think of one off of hand. I’m sure I do but…

How long have you had your mustache for?

I shaved it off for basic training. Because I had too. Uhhh. About sixteen, seventeen…

Sixteen, Seventeen years ago?

No, since I was sixteen, seventeen years old.

Oh. You’ve had it since then.

Yeah.

Wow. You’ve never thought of shaving it?

Why?

I don’t know. That’s a good question. I like the style. I like how long it is. Has it always been that way or have you tried different…

It used to be longer.

Yeah?

I used to be able to have two full hands on either side and braided.