[Bonetools] Beading on comb teeth

[Alice Choyke]

My friend, the former ownr of the 15 year old bone comb, keeps her long
haair in a bun. She really used the comb in th old days for neatening her
hair in the morning and cleaning it after work in the fields. It occurs to
me that her mother's comb would have been of interest because her hair is
long and very thick. That would mak a difference in degree of wear as well.
There is actually a long-hair society in the States. I wonder whether it
would be an interesting and useful experimen to look for people to use their
combs in a natural way (assuming these are al hair combs. we could at least
provide horn, bone and antler combs and both double sided simple and double
sided complex. It might be a fun experiment to run for five years however it
would require people to mak the combs and alot of coordination between all
of us to do it properly.

Alice

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Anne Brundle
<Anne.brundle at orkney.gov.uk>wrote:

>
> Thanks, that's a thought, but might long hair be kept braided for much
> of the time and thus tangle less?
>
> Anne (former long-haired person!)
>
>
> Is there a fundamental difference in action between combing long and
> short hair? I think managing long hair might well use the whole length
> of the teeth but shorter hair wouldn't.
>
> Anne
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> I think that would depend on the thickness of the short hair. The
> question is whether combing short hair (<10cm) would affect the comb to
> any of the extent that combing long hair (bra strap length or longer)
> would. After all long hair takes longer to comb, partially because it
> tangles easier than shorter hair.
>
> /Lena
>
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