Hand Made Wooden Combs

I make my wooden hair combs from two kinds of wood, cocobolo and lignum vitae. Each has a unique appearance and properties that make them ideal for hair combs. Cocobolo is often called the most beautiful of all the tropical woods. It conains natural resins that make it naturally resistant to dampness. The cocobolo I use is grown in Mexico on sustainable yeild plantations.

Lignum vitae, the wood of life, is native to the East Indies and northwestern South America and has a storied past. This wood is one of the hardest known and contains naturally water resistant oils, making it perfect for wooden combs. Sometimes called "greenheart," when freshly cut it is medium brown in color with green streaks that come to predominate within a few days' exposure to air.

Unlike most factory made wooden combs, my hand made hardwood combs will never snag your hair or produce static electricity like plastic ones.