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[Sajen]

Originally Posted by M ELEY

Hello Sajan and I forgot to thank you for posting these. You are absolutely right that these types also saw service in Europe. Besides the American Southwest, there is also the Canadain frontier (Klondike gold rush, anybody?). There is a test you can do for Bakelite, where you put a part of the hilt in hot water and it produces a certain smell? I'll have to look it up again!

Thank you again, it was my pleasure to show them here.

So far I know there are other types of early plastic sorts than bakelite so I will be careful to test the handles this way.

Best regards,
Detlef