Marshall Begel, Madison WI

Nice stache, Marshall! This is a chic look, an homage to the traditional trucker, but with a subtle curve and thickening at the bottom, shaped like the teardrops of men who wish they had such a sweet mustache. Marshall is clearly dedicated to this manly facial feature: it is well defined on an otherwise recently shorn face, and carefully trimmed into shape.

Stacheforge also approves of Marshall's lower lip hair -- a 'shadow' or 'tickler' -- because it is not a beard; a beard grows on the chin; a tickler grows on the lower lip.

Movember Aftermath: Jason Soza, Juneau, Alaska

Nice stache, Jason! A good brown mustache is the perfect finishing touch for this outfit. Notice how the blue hat band goes with the sharp blue shirt, the sharp blue shirt brings out the blue in the jacket, the blue in the jacket is woven into the brown of the jacket, and the brown of the jacket matches the rich color of that deep, brunette lipfur. Stacheforge also fully supports the 'tickler' under the bottom lip, which is not a beard, and thus does not disqualify Jason from being on Stacheforge. The sideburns, finally, are exactly the right length to complete the overall look. Just imagine this photograph without Jason's mouthwarmer -- what a shame that would be!

Movember Aftermath: The Generalissimo

This stringy, pathetic excuse for a mustache is the month-long growth effort by Stacheforge editor Nicholas Keene. Typically, pictures posted to Stacheforge come with a complimentary description and genuine encouragement, but in this case none of that is deserved. This disgusting mustache is a disgrace, a sad shadow of the former glory of The General. Grown as a kind of joke, and a kind of experiment, the result would have to be described as an unfunny joke, or a failed experiment, like homeopathy or reflexology. Nicholas reportedly is in three-party negotiations with his wife and his upper lip as to what variety of mustache will appear next, but Stacheforge readers can all rest easy knowing the next mustache won't look anything like this.

Movember Stache, Week 3: Niegel Smith, London

Nice stache, Niegel! Niegel is a man who knows how to accessorize. Check out the multiple shades of gray blended together for a classic London look. And what goes better with what appears to be three or four scarfs, than a Movember mustache? Besides, with winter coming, bringing cool Atlantic winds and snow, Niegel doesn't want to risk a chilly upper lip when strolling along the Thames. Niegel reports that this is the "before" picture, and if this mustache lasts a bit longer than the end of November, then we here at Stacheforge expect to see a second picture showing an even more stunningly handsome stache. Are we the only ones who think Niegel also needs a monocle?

Movember Staches, Week 1

The first week of Movember has passed and this photo shows two of the resulting mustachelets. One month is hardly enough time to grow a sweet stache, and one week is barely enough time to see the difference between the lip fur and the smooth-shorn face. Nevertheless, it's easy to see that the world will improve by a measure of two mustaches by the time this race is run.

Pictured here are Doug Graham and Nicholas Keene.

Join the Stacheforge team for Movember!

You can now register as a member of the Stacheforge team for Movember! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Navigate to the Movember Registration Page
2. Sign up as a Team Member
3. The team name is "Stacheforge"
4. Get someone to sponsor your stache
5. Grow your stache
6. Look awesome!

Nate Schultz, Madison WI

Nice stache, Nate! Wow, that is a great look. We here at Stacheforge at first thought Nate was costumed like Hunter S Thompson, but when we looked up pictures of Thompson we couldn't find one showing him with a stache. And what does that mean? It means that Nate looks even better than Hunter ever did! We especially dig the fake bald, which shows real dedication to achieving the desired look.