Jerry Begel, Oak Park, Michigan

Nice stache, Jerry! Nice stache, Marshall! Today Stacheforge is honored to feature its first father-and-son mustache team. Marshall says that it was his father's idea to shave down to matching pencil mustaches. Readers will remember the first time we featured Marshall, he sported a bell-bottom trucker stache as shown in the "before" picture, and the look on his face suggests he was apprehensive about giving it up. That is understandable because mouthbrows can be hard to grow and hard to make look good. Luckily, the look on his face in the 'after' picture suggests he was happy with the change and nobody can deny that the Begel boys have what it takes to rock this under-appreciated mustache style.

We here at Stacheforge approve of the pact, no matter how it was conceived, because it caused Jerry's beard to turn into Jerry's mustache. Sure, his beard was okay for a beard, but like the statue David emerging from a block of Michelangelo's marble, Jerry's awe-inspiring bright-white lipfrost emerged from the beard. Marshall's traded in a substantial facial drape for a much more refined and understated mouthliner, each of which have been meticulously sculpted and look great. Remember, the worth of a mustache is not counted in whiskers.

Jerry and Marshall join the ranks of other great men who have worn this distinctive style of facial hair, including John Waters, Vincent Price, Prince, Wayne Newton, and Sean Penn.

Paul Soglin, Madison, WI

Nice stache, Paul! Mr. Soglin is running for mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. Paul was also mayor of Madison from 1973-79, then again from 1989-97. He ran for a third time in 2003 and was narrowly defeated by current incumbent Dave Cieslewicz -- who, let it be said, does not have a mustache. The two men are in a sort of rematch in the current mayoral race for which elections will be held on April 5, 2011.

Wow, if Stacheforge has its facts straight, that mustache has been hanging out for a long time. If mustaches are back in style, they are back from last time they were in style, in the 1970s, when Paul was in college, which apparently is when that caterpillar first climbed onto Paul's lip. Although many of his peers chickened out and shaved when the style passed, Mr. Soglin dedicated his face to that bad boy. Soglin's 'stache shares something in common with Soglin's suits: although each evolved with the vagaries of fashion, each are a lasting part of Paul Soglin's look. His mustache became wider at times, and more trim at times. When some salt was dropped into the salt-and-pepper color, Paul proudly wore it like a champion, like a silverback gorilla -- although, ironically, silverback gorillas do not grow mustaches.

Mr. Soglin has been well known in Madison as an activist since his college days, and is well respected for improving the city during his stints as mayor. In the opinion of Stacheforge, however, none of that is as important as the constancy and respect that Soglin's mustache brings to the city of Madison. As we wait for the April election to see whether the people of Madison elect Soglin mayor, Stacheforge endorses that mustache as candidate for awesomeness.

Otto Von Kenzie, Portland, Maine

Nice stache, (ahem) Otto! In the cold, wet winters they have up in Maine, sometimes a man needs help with the medical condition commonly known as "shivery lip". Like many real men, Otto treats that illness with a medicine commonly known as "a totally sweet mustache". He describes it as a "delta" shaped mustache, but we here at Stacheforge simply describe it as fantastic.

Mustaches Don't Lie

Our friends over at the Gallery of Regrets has another mustache tattoo to share. It's not as awesome as the previous one, but it's still sweet.

Mustache Mugs

Artist Peter Ibruegger has some pretty sweet coffee mugs. Stacheforge likes them all, but especially appreciates the one in the lower right of this photo.