Help needed: Maintaining a thin mustache.

[c0ry]

Gents,

I'm interesting in trying out a new look. I've gone clean-shaven since I first started growing whiskers, but I've decided to try out a swashbuckler, Errol Flynn-style mustache. So far it's coming along nicely, but I'm not quite sure how one would upkeep such a thing--I don't want it growing into a caterpillar-looking mustache.

So how can one keep their stash looking thin and dashing?

Thanks

 

[doublebucklemonk]

Depending on just how long you want to keep it and how steady of a hand you have.

1. Moustache scissors - just trim it to the right length
2. Moustache scissors and a small (moustache) comb - insert comb into moustache with the comb flat on your lip and cut off anything that is taller than your comb (the same way a barber does your hair). You need to find a comb the proper thickness, or learn to hold the comb a consistent distance off of your face. The Kent moustache comb is fantastic as are the Dovo moustache scissors (of course there are other far cheaper options). I would recommend getting pointed tip scissors. The round tip scissors are for trimming nose/ear hair so you don't cut yourself. The pointed scissors will allow you to do more detail work, like trimming individual hairs.
3. Electric beard trimmer - use the attachment that gives you the length you want. I have a cordless Wahl that I really like.
4. You could also use a comb with the little popup trimmer on an electric razor.

I wear a goatee and moustache, I do my daily trimming with a scissors to take care of strays etc, and once a week I go over it with a beard trimmer to keep it even.

 

[c0ry]

Depending on just how long you want to keep it and how steady of a hand you have.

1. Moustache scissors - just trim it to the right length
2. Moustache scissors and a small (moustache) comb - insert comb into moustache with the comb flat on your lip and cut off anything that is taller than your comb (the same way a barber does your hair). You need to find a comb the proper thickness, or learn to hold the comb a consistent distance off of your face. The Kent moustache comb is fantastic as are the Dovo moustache scissors (of course there are other far cheaper options). I would recommend getting pointed tip scissors. The round tip scissors are for trimming nose/ear hair so you don't cut yourself. The pointed scissors will allow you to do more detail work, like trimming individual hairs.
3. Electric beard trimmer - use the attachment that gives you the length you want. I have a cordless Wahl that I really like.
4. You could also use a comb with the little popup trimmer on an electric razor.

I wear a goatee and moustache, I do my daily trimming with a scissors to take care of strays etc, and once a week I go over it with a beard trimmer to keep it even.

Great response! Thanks for your help.

 

[rod251]

Thin mustaches have their place in the world, I guess. Just take care so you don't end up looking like this guy:

 

[c0ry]

LOL that is awful. I'm going for more of this kind of look:

 

[Saxmoore]

I've never used one, but I've seen the Merkur moustache razor and blades on the WCS site. Would something like that help?

Merkur mustache and brow razor.

 

[dems95]

Ask that guy.

 

[jansob]

A friend has one...he uses a small pair of scissors to keep the length in check.

To keep the area between the nose and top of the 'stache clear he uses a Kai disposable they sell here in Japan. It is a twin blade, but it has a really thin non-pivoting head with no lube strip to get in the way. Very accurate. Not sure what all is available in the US, but surely there will be something of similar thinness. I've never tried one, but the Bic Metal looks to have a very small head.