Featured Chunky bakelite ? Bangle

Hey guys, something else I bought at the boot sale, looked interesting as it looks tooled or carved in places, was also wondering age

Definitely a plastic

Any thoughts appreciated

 

Hi Charlie! Looks like bakelite to me too, carved with power tools. Later similar design patterns were carved to make wood bangles. I like it. I think a bakelite bangle collector will be out there to buy it for the clatter this will make against his / her other bangles!

I know. Watch out for my new found political correctness. It doesn't happen often!

 

Cool antidlem, thanks for the info, do you know what period they were made ?

 

No, sorry I don't know but I would sort of guess more recent than early on. Bakelite had a pretty long run.

I keep thinking some man / woman got ahold of an old field telephone handset and carved this out of it on their lathe! Ok, I do have an active imagination!!

 

vulcanite ?

 

maybe

 

That's a new one on me holly !

Isn't that what deprives captain Spock of his powers !!

 

Have you done the hot water odour test and or baking soda tests?

 

Hi, no I haven't, but will look into that, thanks

 

Someone trying to "phone home?"

 

Are you suggesting I've got e.t fingers !

 

This may be of help:
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/ways-to-identify-bakelite-148495

 

Thanks aj that's a great help, definite sweet chemical whiff,

 

Hi,
If it has a sweet smell it is not bakelite. bakelite has a very strong arid smell.
greg

 

Mr. Spock ! please...

 

You might be right Greg, I've found one saying it's made of bakelite, one saying made of Lucite

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Art-Deco...968272?hash=item5d84342490:g:Hd4AAOSwQXlcBZ7M

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...069522?hash=item2caa05d352:g:AocAAOSwxp9W4MSS

 

The Bakelite odour always reminds me of a school science lab.

 

Acrid, you mean? Probably too late for you to edit the post so thought I'd mention that idea.

 

Hi Fig,
Sorry about that. I did mean acrid, funny that spell check did not catch it.
greg

 

Maybe spell check didn't work because "arid" is a real word. You know that technological intelligence has its limits.

And of course I wasn't criticizing. I am a typo expert... I almost always have to edit my posts after submitting them.