Wow, nice job with the homemade comb, it looks fantastic.

When I was doing all my combing during transition, it led me to ponder on how ancient combs are and how well valued they used to be (beautifully made ones often being found in burial tombs amongst other prized possessions). And now we can purchase such 'treasures' for not very much money (or make one ourselves, with our advanced tools).

I had some good quality metal combs to hand when I went through my transition, so I used those. Metal is very easy to clean, so that's a plus. But many in the nopoo community have a preference for wooden combs, partly for aesthetic reasons I feel. Wood will absorb some of the sebum and can be a bit more effort to clean, but still works well of course. I can't remember anyone talking about horn combs, but I'm sure yours would work well and might also be a bit easier to clean than a wooden one.

And yeah, nopoo made me rethink head scarves too. They're a great physical barrier way of keeping your hair clean (from dust and pollutants and such). I looked up oya (didn't know the word) and yeah wow, it looks beautiful. So you could have a lot of fun there.