Lol, no. I have quite the beard too, been wondering when that's going to get singed. I've had some scale from the iron burn my arms. It's like a grease burn when frying bacon. No big deal. One hot piece of steel did jump into my glove, that was a shocker....Have you burned all the hair off your arms yet? Lost your eyebrows?
You are working with stuff way hotter than I want to be around.
You have my greatest respect for taking on this skill set.