Zulu Club ?

M ELEY · 31st May 2020, 11:56 PM

Very nice club! You could technically try the old 'hot needle' test on one of the beads to see if its plastic. This trick has been used for years to differentiate plastic from fake ivory/bone/scrimshaw, etc. Plastic will of course smell like heated plastic, while ceramic bead should not...

kronckew · 1st June 2020, 06:34 AM

Plant fibre (ie cotton) thread was used before metallic wire, so if ceramic beads, organic thread, it's old old

. Plastic and polyester thread, not so old

Musta been fun counting the beads.

drac2k · 1st June 2020, 03:57 PM

The beads passed the "hot needle test," and they are not resin or plastic. The thread is plant fiber.
Counting beads during a pandemic is just another form of diversion, besides I cheated; thirty-plus beads per row, 150 plus rows of beads equals at least 4500 pcs. allowing for human counting error.

31st May 2020, 11:56 PM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,165	Very nice club! You could technically try the old 'hot needle' test on one of the beads to see if its plastic. This trick has been used for years to differentiate plastic from fake ivory/bone/scrimshaw, etc. Plastic will of course smell like heated plastic, while ceramic bead should not...

1st June 2020, 06:34 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	Plant fibre (ie cotton) thread was used before metallic wire, so if ceramic beads, organic thread, it's old old . Plastic and polyester thread, not so old Musta been fun counting the beads.

1st June 2020, 03:57 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,258	The beads passed the "hot needle test," and they are not resin or plastic. The thread is plant fiber. Counting beads during a pandemic is just another form of diversion, besides I cheated; thirty-plus beads per row, 150 plus rows of beads equals at least 4500 pcs. allowing for human counting error.