Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb folk artist and with a lot going

and with a lot going on

which is indigenous to the stone and in the stone itself

Very solid and stable

Based in Girard

and perhaps a bit scared

Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb folk artist and with a lot goingIt's the completely irregularly shaped heads of the hand forged nail teeth on this old comb that really get me, lined up in a wonderfully gnarly row and giving it some real bite. And held in those teeth on the other side is what I'd have to guess is hardened fat from combing flax or hemp or wool? I know there are plenty of combs and hetchels etc out there, but to my eye the super primitiveness of this particular tool makes it a very singular and quite