Bone Hair Combs

Bone Hair Combs

Every city you go to and in every Chinese gift shop you visit you will always see a large box of combs made out of bone. I never really understood the idea of using bone to brush your hair, but again, I started asking a lot of questions. 

A long, long time ago, think ancient China, the best combs were made from bone, mostly fish bone. Some of the nice combs were made from antelope horn, elephant tusk or goat horn. These bones and tusks were carved and polished until they were perfect combs. And, because they are made of bone or tusk they were anti static and also heat resistant. 

Once the bone was selected the bone was carved into a comb shape and each tooth was then carved, filed and polished, all by hand. This is an 18 step process that makes a perfect comb that will not snag, rip or split the hair. 

Most of the combs now in China are made from Ox or Yak. They have an amazing color and some of the sales girls in the shops will also tell you that using these combs will make your hair gown faster, thicker and shiner.