Er...combs, I mean (get your minds out of the gutter!).  ;D

I've been considering refreshing my comb collection and wanted to gather a general consensus of sorts on which material was best before I proceed. Does anyone have a favourite? Is any one material better than another?

Presently, I have a Rachael Stephens #45 rake comb with wide, rounded teeth that I use to detangle the length of my hair while it's wet. It's made of cellulose acetate and works very well, but it is missing a tooth and will eventually have to be replaced. Does anyone know if the Creative line of combs is anything like Rachael Stephens?

For the record, I have extremely fine, thin hair that is ridiculously easy to tangle and break. I have heard that bone and horn combs work well for fine hair, but I've also heard good things about wooden combs... I'm pretty confused at the moment, so any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanx, all!

I'm not familiar with the Rachael Stephens combs, so I can't compare them with what I have used.

I have 2 of Ric's wooden combs.  They are light weight.  They are very nice, but can't be used on wet hair.  They do require regular conditioning with a beeswax/lanolin oil.  

I also have 2 horn combs that are about the same size as my wooden combs.  The horn combs can be used on damp/wet hair (I just make sure I don't leave them wet).  I like the weight of them an they glide thru my hair very nicely.

I like to use the wood combs to finish my hair when I am wearing it down.  The horn combs are my every day, work horse combs.

My hair is also very fine and prone to breakage and static.  The wood and horn combs that are cut well can prevent a lot of damage.

wrote on Apr 26^th, 2007 at 2:34pm:

>Er...combs, I mean (get your minds out of the gutter!).  ;D snippity do da... >For the record, I have extremely fine, thin hair that is ridiculously easy to tangle and break. I have heard that bone and horn combs work well for fine hair, but I've also heard good things about wooden combs... I'm pretty confused at the moment, so any insight would be greatly appreciated! >

I also have fine hair.  It does tangle very easily.  I don't think that it breaks easily, but I don't pull on my tangles.  

I have both horn and wood combs.  I'd reccommend the horn combs from [url=www.heavenlyharvestinc.com[/url]]www.heavenlyharvestinc.com[/url] and the wood combs by Rick the combmaker.  (www.combmaker.com) They are very finely finished and smooth.  

I've not seen any bone combs.... where did you see those?  I did see an ivory comb on e-bay once.  It went for way more money than I was willing to spend.  I did wonder if it would be a really good comb, though.  And yes, if I had bought it, I would have tried to comb my hair with it!    ;D

I'll go with what bikerbraid says about the horn and wood combs.

And don't leave the wood comb in the car on a hot summer day.  I had to get another as my beautiful purpleheart wood comb cracked. :(  Not just across the body but a couple of teeth as well.    :'(

But Ric's wood combs are great.  I can't rec them enough.  I've been thinking about getting some for Christmas gifts.  Yes, already.

And I didn't have my mind in the gutter, well not much.  Just a little fantasy of Michael Shanks or Rob Morrow or David Krumholtz combing my hair.   :P

;D/
BEM

I have a wood comb from the body shop (as such, I'm not too sure if it's real wood or not). It works wonders though, and has no seems to get caught in/break my hair. I'll have to look into those links, I'd never heard of horn combs, sounds interresting...

I also have a three prong wooden hair pin that I absolutely love. I bought it at the local renaissance fair in Larkspur. Downside: bad customer service. The fist pin I bought (at the fair) was not finished and felt like a cheese grater going through my hair. I sent it back and asked for a replacement, which didn't appear until I got fed up and asked for my money back. The replacement works just great, but I'll never do business with them again. I may have to test out a pin from this Ric person...

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pvtteeny wrote on Sep 18^th, 2007 at 10:26pm:

. I may have to test out a pin from this Ric person...

The pins (or anti-gravity hair device) are not done by Ric, but by someone else.  They're not as finished either.  You can send them back if you don't like them though.

;D/
BEM

All things considered, I think that I'm pretty much addicted to seamless cellulose combs. Currently, I own 3: 1 made by Rachael Stephens, which was my favourite, but it is now missing a tooth. When I tried to replace it, I learned that Rachael Stephens no longer makes combs.  :(  So I bought 2 from the Creative company which are similar, but not exact. The teeth are much finer and have sharper points on the ends.

Additionally, I own 2 seamless acrylic combs made by Conair, which I bought at the local Target. These are no longer made, but they resemble the pricier seamless cellulose combs in both form and function.

AngelSpun...

Have you been to www.tenderheaded.com?   They have some seamless combs.  
http://www.tenderheaded.com/combs.html
And lots of hair friendly stuff.

;D/
BEM