Flair your hair with every day treat by using the exquisite beauty of this lacquered boxwood comb. The extra glint and baroque appeal makes it a perfect addition to your hair toy collection. It's not only a beautifully embellished piece, but also highly functional to give your hair the healthy glow it deserves.
About Boxwood:
Boxwood is a small tree and shrub. Due to the limited size of the material, it is rarely used for full-sized pieces of furniture, but more often for small, carved objects or as decorative inlay. Boxwood is very durable and dense (.83-.93 g/cm3), and its fine even texture makes it especially suitable for carving. Numerous varieties, which all produce material of similar characteristics, are widely distributed throughout China; noted timber varieties are also harvested in Hubei, Jiangxi, and Sichuan. The tree grows very slowly, with some varieties reaching only 10-15 cm diameter after 100 years; forests of Laoshan in Shandong produce boxwood trees with diameters reaching 30 cm. The sapwood and heartwood of boxwood are indistinguishable, and their freshly cut pale-yellow color turns to a warm brownish-yellow tone after exposure. Because of its extremely small vessel cells, the texture is exceptionally smooth and fine, and the surface polishes to a silky luster.
| Measurements |
4" by 1.6". Teeth part: 2.6" wide, tooth is approx. 0.5"-1" long each. |
| Material |
Boxwood |
| Functional Length |
2.6 |