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, handlebar moustaches have always been closely associated with the British armed forces, 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)	Juan Cailles (1871-1951)
George Dewey (1837-1917)	Joseph Bruce Ismay (1862-1937)	Henry Ware Lawton (1843-1899)	Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916)
George Lycurgus (1858-1960)	Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)	José Martí (1853-1895)	Tom Ketchum (1863-1901)

See also

• Beard
• List of moustache styles
• Handlebar Club

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