I used to use a comb as a kid then I switched to a plastic brush which I've been using for the last 20 years (since high school). So much time has passed that I forget why I switched to the brush. I've got a 'regular' kind of haircut, sometimes a buzz cut for the summer, so was a brush any better than a comb?
I remembered that I had an old comb in a box in the garage so I dug it out. It's a genuine Ace Hard Rubber 5" fine tooth pocket comb with all its teeth
but some of the gold has come off its lettering. 
I like to research stuff so I looked up Ace. They still make combs but not in hard rubber. (Cost cutting perhaps?) There were a couple sites that had 'vintage' Ace combs but it's hard to tell if the were made of hard rubber. The new ones are now made in China. There's nothing else printed on my comb to identify what country it was made in. What I couldn't find was when Ace stopped making the hard rubber variety and switched to plastic. I'm guessing that I picked up this comb in the 80's but I don't remember if it was new when I got it or a hand me down.
The lowly comb can be overlooked sometimes but it's a standard piece of grooming kit that I'm adding back to my medicine cabinet.
Anyone else use an old Ace hard rubber comb?
I remembered that I had an old comb in a box in the garage so I dug it out. It's a genuine Ace Hard Rubber 5" fine tooth pocket comb with all its teeth
but some of the gold has come off its lettering. I like to research stuff so I looked up Ace. They still make combs but not in hard rubber. (Cost cutting perhaps?) There were a couple sites that had 'vintage' Ace combs but it's hard to tell if the were made of hard rubber. The new ones are now made in China. There's nothing else printed on my comb to identify what country it was made in. What I couldn't find was when Ace stopped making the hard rubber variety and switched to plastic. I'm guessing that I picked up this comb in the 80's but I don't remember if it was new when I got it or a hand me down.The lowly comb can be overlooked sometimes but it's a standard piece of grooming kit that I'm adding back to my medicine cabinet.
Anyone else use an old Ace hard rubber comb?
sure we can google and look for "new" ones...but in the back of my mind, there is still an old barbershop out there with the old card that still has one or two combs still on display that has never been sold.
