Oooh, pretty!

I want one of these beautiful combs.

I spent last night cleaning up my dresser and found the wooden comb that moiracoon bought for me a few years ago. I have it with me at work. You know, I think that combing your hair, slowly, gently working through it's length, is one of the most pleasurable things you can do in public. It's a relaxing indulgence between stressful spans of work.

I have a wooden comb rather than a plastic one because the mold lines on a wooden comb can be sharp and damage or break strands of hair. But looking at this comb, I realized that, since it's a soft wood, it still has little bits of, for lack of a better word, fuzz that stand out from the teeth here and there, and the surfaces of the teeth look a little bit rough. Maybe something made of a hard wood would be better.

So I did a Google search and found the ones listed above. Oh, they're so pretty! Beautiful hardwood combs like the ones the braiders at faire use. When I have a little money next month, I think I'm going to buy one. I just need to decide on the wood. I'm vacillating between bubinga and purpleheart. What do you think? The quarter-sawn white oak is really gorgeous too, but it doesn't really call out to me as a comb. It looks more like the hundred year old table that my parents have from the old farm. But maybe the quilted maple? Oooh, I just can't decide!