Handlebar moustache

Example of a handlebar moustache

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.

Handlebar moustaches have always been closely associated with the British armed forces, particularly with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.

Men known for their Handlebar Moustaches

• Cap Anson
• William 'Bill the Butcher' Cutting (fictional, from Gangs of New York)
• Rollie Fingers
• Charles O. Finley
• Horatio Kitchener
• Ben Stiller (character in Happy Gilmore)
• Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
• Veerappan, Indian bandit
• Mervyn Hughes, former Australian cricketer
• Johnnie_Cradock
• Jimmy_Edwards

See also

• Moustache, Beard, Goatee

External link

• Handlebar Moustache Club