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Apparently the resin can be very heat resistant or my pin was not hot enough.
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I have an early 20th century Afghan choora with an orange Bakelite hilt, probably as an ivory imitation. Bakelite is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin and resistant to heat. The hot pin test will be unsuccessful with Bakelite.
If you have a strong flashlight, you can hold it directly under the hilt and check, whether it is translucent or not. If the hilt is translucent without any structures inside, it is synthetic resin.
I do not believe in a resin, because it is very difficult, to create a resin with different shades of color like on your hilt.
Roland
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