This is only vaguely sewing related. I was thinking about hairbrushes on Thursday, and looked up my best hairbrush on the web. It's made by Kent and today would cost me £114 to replace! It's hand made, has brass screws in the back/handle, and comes in a box like a bit of jewellery! by gum, at that price it ought to have GOLD screws and a safe! ;) Anyway, I was fed up with me plastic detangling brush snapping bits off, and my favourite detangler died the other week, so I ordered one of Kent's Woody Hog brushes: a detangler with a carved wooden handle and wooden pins in a cushion rather than plastic spines that trap and snap the hair. I also ordered a hand made wide tooth comb for my swimming bag. They arrived today! :) Very nice lady on the phone, too. She steered me in the direction of the right detangler for my Hagrid Hair! (Long, fine, thick, and curly! ARGH!! My hair could eat ships, never mind destroy hairbrushes!)
Right! Now I can detangle my newly washed hair in record time, tie it up out of the way, and fail miserably to sew it into the customer garment or chop bits off with the serger! For anyone interested, not all their brushes are insanely expensive, but I can attest to their durability: both my remaining ones (the third was nicked many moons ago) are over 20 years old and still doing well. A decent detangler will ensure they last even longer! NAYY - just an occasional but long-term very satisfied customer.