Combing, sometimes known as carding, (despite carding being a completely different process) is a sometimes-fatal form of torture in which iron combs designed to prepare wool and other fibres for woolen spinning are used to scrape, tear, and flay the victim's flesh. == History == The tradition that a torturous death by combing with a knaphos was inflicted by Croesus was recorded by Herodotus.
Combing, sometimes known as carding, (despite carding being a completely different process) is a sometimes-fatal form of torture in which iron combs designed to prepare wool and other fibres for woolen spinning are used to scrape, tear, and flay the victim's flesh. == History == The tradition that a torturous death by combing with a knaphos was inflicted by Croesus was recorded by Herodotus.
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