handlebar mustache

A handlebar moustache is a moustache with particularly lengthy, often graspable, extremities. They are named for their resemblance to the handlebars of a motorcycle or bicycle. This effect is usually achieved by the use of moustache wax although it can be a hereditary trait as well. Similar styles of moustache are quite ancient, appearing on statues and other depictions of Iron Age Celts.

In the United Kingdom and other European Nations^{[citation needed]}, handlebar moustaches have always been closely associated with the British armed forces^{[citation needed]}, particularly with the Royal Air Force in World War II.

In the United States, handlebar moustaches are considered stereotypical of the Wild West.

Albrecht von Roon (1803-1879)	Wyatt Earp (1848–1929)	Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)	William Howard Taft (1857-1930)
George V of the United Kingdom (1865–1936)	President Francisco Bertrand of Honduras (1866–1926)	Archduke Francis Ferdinand (1863-1914)	Michael "Atters" Attree of the Handlebar Club (born 1965)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)	Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-1895)	Marcelo Hilario del Pilar (1850-1896)	Maurice de Hirsch (1831-1896)
Ben Thompson (1843-1884)	Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)	Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913)	Dr. Thomas Neill Cream (1850-1892)
George Dewey (1837-1917)	Charles Dwight Sigsbee (1845-1923)	Henry Ware Lawton (1843-1899)	Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)

See also

• Beard
• List of moustache styles
• Handlebar Club

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