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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 249533, member: 36&quot;]My guess is they&#039;re acrylic rather than bakelite. That looks like a lobster claw, and if it&#039;s original the odds aren&#039;t good.&nbsp; Most bakelite went out of production during WWII except for some industrial bits.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To test them, get some baking soda and a q tip.&nbsp; Wet the q tip with water and dunk the tip in the baking soda.&nbsp; Rub on the bead, preferably near one of those chipped ends, and sniff.&nbsp; If you smell formaldehyde (it&#039;s pretty stinky) they&#039;re bakelite.&nbsp; The q-tip should turn yellow or brown too, but if these belonged to a smoker that can be a false positive.&nbsp; The smell is pretty well definitive.&nbsp; Other plastics will smell...like plastic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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