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.
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
- Merv Hughes, former Australian cricketer