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What years was bakelite used? Or what was the last year? Ballpark guess is OK.
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Bakelite
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This is what I was wondering about. It has, I think bakelite handles.
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Bakelite was indeed an early plastic, but was very seldom used for cutlery handles. People have a tendancy to use the name generically for any old plastic. Styrene was more commonly used when celluloid was not. But...I suggest that you trot these over to BRL and see what he says?
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Mountainwind, here is a web page that might help in your quest.
http://antiques.about.com/od/bakeliteandplastics/tp/aa041506.htm
http://antiques.about.com/od/bakeliteandplastics/tp/aa041506.htm
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Acetone test
Apply a small amount of Acetone (your wife’s fingernail polish remover) to a cotton ball. Rub the cotton ball on an inconspicuous area of the celluloid. If you can see a yellow shade on the cotton ball the material is celluloid.
This is a nondestructive test. There are other tests but they may cause a mark on the material.
Tom
Chestnut Ridge Knife Shop
Apply a small amount of Acetone (your wife’s fingernail polish remover) to a cotton ball. Rub the cotton ball on an inconspicuous area of the celluloid. If you can see a yellow shade on the cotton ball the material is celluloid.
This is a nondestructive test. There are other tests but they may cause a mark on the material.
Tom
Chestnut Ridge Knife Shop