Murry Collection Dreadlock Crochet Hook Kit for Professional Loc Creation & Maintenance (SKILL300)

Locticians will recognise this set. It is a run of stainless steel latch hooks in different gauges with ABS handles, put together for the whole range of loc work rather than one job.

New locs need one size, re-tightening a mature loc needs another, and interlocking or patching a thin spot needs something finer still. Having the range in one case means you are not forcing a hook that is slightly too thick through a tight loc and breaking hairs to do it.

What the kit covers:

• New loc creation and sectioning
• Root re-tightening on mature locs
• Interlocking
• Repair work on thin or split locs

The steel resists rust and takes sterilising between clients, which matters if you are working professionally. The handles have a rubber grip, so your hand holds up through a full retwist session rather than cramping an hour in.

Store them dry and wipe the shafts down after a session with heavy product, because gel residue dries hard in the latch and is what eventually stops a hook closing properly. Beyond that there is nothing to service.

It suits professional locticians, and anyone maintaining their own locs at home who has got past what a single crochet hook can manage.