Halfcomb

I want to be able to buy half of an ordinary gentleman's pocket comb. Rather, I want to be able to buy a comb that is made half as long as a 5-inch pocket comb. I compute that to be around two and a half inches long (for you folks blessed with the metric system, that's about 6 centimeters). In either system, or any shop, such a comb is not available.

I have half a comb in my pocket right now. I made it from a standard 5-inch pocket comb using my trusty Swiss Army knife. My half-comb fits easily in my front trouser pocket, which no other comb does, so it's with me always, but it's not in the way. It works great for my facial hair, much better than those sissy little moustache combs. It does well enough on my scalp hair to remove the need for any other comb during the day. It may take a few more passes, but not enough that I notice. And since it's made from a regular comb, it has the one-inch depth that is sadly lacking on a beard comb.

That's all the comb I need in my pocket. Half a comb. That is my idea and invention--a comb about two and a half inches long, with about ten teeth per inch, and about one inch in depth. A Halfcomb. Cast nicely in black, mind, with both ends finished, not looking like something spit out by a half-starved Swiss chipmunk. And marketed half well, so that people stop looking at me like I'm only half here, but not so well that half the halfwits around start carrying one half the time. I half like the feeling that making my own halfcomb makes me halfway to being a Halfbaker.