Your Face is Farb! 

Gotta look good when fighting for your opossum.

@@CompanyD2ndUSSS No sir, I’m fightin’ for my rats.

@john Mullholand no shit sherlock !

Thanks for sharing the recommendation.

Thank god I’m 5’6

That's a great idea! Especially a good idea if you are careful with you gear.

There are a number of period correct cases available or ifyou are handy can make yourself. Case can be tin "coffin" type, paste board sleeves or choose something that might be passable as period homemade/fieldmade - e.g. a leather sleave with a wooden stiffener. The main thing is period glasses, even new rerpoductions, can be fragile and there are any number of ways to break or lose them. I'm glad I can get by with no glasses and only need reading glasses, but I have 3 period pairs to choose from.

This is a tough one. It depends on your impression. If you're on campaign or fresh from battle, it makes sense to have worn equipment. I appreciate worn/damaged uniforms but they don't fit every impression. I'd see what your unit has to say. In the meantime, have some extra buttons on hand in case you need them for a parade or formal event. I hope that helps.

It has a few origins in popular reenacting culture. Probably the most common definition comes from "Far be" it from accurate.

Period sunglasses were a thing. They were fashionable among the upper classes and used for medical reasons. It's the reenactors wearing oakleys and raybans that drive us nuts.

I reenact with CAL 100 2nd in CA. I got 2 eyeglasses from Historic Eye Wear company, one octagon and one large oval. I love them and wear them all the time. I get lots of comments from folks, they are unique. I do have light sensitive lenses so they do get darker which is still period correct.

"FARB" is one of those terms that no one in the reenacting community really knows where it comes from, but is widely used. You can ask 10 different people and I guarantee you would get 10 different answers though I am sure most would agree it's an acronym of some sort along the lines of "Far be it from authentic."

Two schools of thought: 1: FARB stands for Foolish And Ridicules Buffoon, like showing up to an event in polyester and Nike tennis shoes, or when called out on being FARB, someone might respond: "FAR Be it for me to question......" I can't vouch for the accuracy of either one of these, but this is how it was explained to me years ago.

FUBAR

There exists a letter dated 1 April 1863 from an A.R. Crawford in the 76th Illinois Infantry, Co D, that uses the phrase, "fallacious accoutrements & reprehensible baggage," in description of six children posing in phony military gear during a sham reenactment that took place during the actual Civil War. Many point to this phrase as the origin of the word, citing "farb" as an acronym. Source: Wicktionary

I've heard that the term is an acyronym for "Fast And Researchless Buying" meaning exactly what it says...guys that don't take the effort to be historically accuractly. Instead they mismatch uniform pieces in an effort to be "Cool".