The uniqueness of Lincoln's beard

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hello Peter and welcome! May I ask how you found the forum?

Thank you, and of course you may ask. It came highly recommended by a crazy cat lady from Germany, whose exuberance about all things Lincoln works infectious. (In short: Angela told me about it, and I decided to visit.) And I am loving the friendly atmosphere, combined with the search for details and knowledge about Mr. Lincoln. I am sure there will be a lot I can learn from all of you.

Hi Peter, I second everyone's welcome, and especially Herb's last sentence! Great to have another member from Europe! Where in the NL are you from?

Thank you, thank you. *bows humbly*

I live in the northeast corner, in the lovely city of Groningen.

As for J. D.'s beard, isn't that called a goatie?

I thought about that, and in some pictures (or most) Davis really has what I would call a goatee: facial hair on the chin. In the pictures I chose, Henry (I may call him Henry) and Davis (not Jeff, oh no!) have no hair ON their chin, but only underneath. Which, if one looks for images of goatees, does not pop up very often, if at all.

Crazy Cat Lady (I smell a new user name!) would like to second everything said about the friendly atmosphere!!!

As for the goatee UNDER the chin - is this what is referred to as "neck beard"?
I keep hearing this and can make little sense of it since it is used as a description of facial hair and also as a derogative term.
Could someone explain this?

Thanks for replying, Peter - many cities in the NL are indeed lovely, especially near the sea!
Angela, I don't know if these are braided dreads, but maybe look quite similar: