Pipedope,
Your trim looks great. No one will really notice it but you. I agree with you as well. It is one thing to keep growing just to say you made the tweard and another to get there with a really nice beard and taking off split ends and such.

Now for me, as you know, I did make the tweard, BUT in my defense for not trimming, I have been the fortunate guy to never get split ends and my beard keeps growing uniformly with a very nice shape, so there is no reason for me to trim. Lucky me, I guess. But even with my "even" growth habit, I may still trim the lower end of it one day to snip off some of the wispy ends which would take a little length off, but really thicken up the overall appearance of the beard. Tomorrow I will post a 27 month update and look at my pics and you will see what I mean.

Keep on growing your fabulous beard. You will be in the tweard club as far as I am concerned and I think that Barba will agree with me.
Patrick