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Interesting Gavin. I might have a bead of Faturan in my miscellaneous treasures drawer. It's large 2" long X 1" thick and has a clear cherry amber color and is at least 100 years old and shows signs that it was turned on some sort of lathe to achieve its tapered lozenge shape.
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Re "synthetics", German WW1 sabres had Bakelite grips, (shortages forced them back to using Walnut wood) I have an Afghan Kukri with a Gutta Percha hilt, and Belgian pinfire pistols of the 19th C often had grips made from compressed blood and sawdust. Casein dates from the 1830s, and Amberoid goes back to the Bronze Age. Celluloid is another 19th C product, and appears as fake Rayskin on WW2 Shin Gunto..... You have to look at stuff on a case by case basis. Sometimes the synthetic (not plastic) outperformed and had a higher status than the natural material.
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if you an find 32 others like this one in your drawer you will have a very expensive TASBIH (prayer beads) in your hands
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Very interesting the link with Faturan. I have in my collection two koummiyas with hilts that might be made of Faturan.,
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Hello,
Sometimes strange hilt material are mixed on really nice quality items I have a yemeni jambiya with an hilt made of plastic-amberoid and a yatagan with broken horn grip with a large old bakelite repair ( around 1900 I think ) I'll post some pictures |
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