I take a few months away and the beards that crop up..WOW...great beard. I liked your longer length but prefer the more "kept" look post trim...if it were mine (and that's my goal on this beard, #34) I'd be combining the two. Trim to neaten but let the length happen. Oh, and congrats on leaving the stache alone...nothing worse, in my eye, than a great beard wiht a bristly trimmed moustache - they only look tryly great when allowed to flourish as yours is.