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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 582225, member: 8708"]I've spoken to my dad who was a research chemist and he's fairly convinced it's all celluloid. As Bronwen mentioned above it got used to make billiard balls as there was a perceived shortage of Ivory. It seems a $10,000 reward ( huge amount of money then)was offered to anyone who could come up with a material that had the same quality of rebound that ivory had.</p><p>They did and it was celluloid. Apparently the big problem was the occasional explosion when two balas collided with enough force. </p><p>So long answer short, yes the pendant could be celluloid too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 582225, member: 8708"]I've spoken to my dad who was a research chemist and he's fairly convinced it's all celluloid. As Bronwen mentioned above it got used to make billiard balls as there was a perceived shortage of Ivory. It seems a $10,000 reward ( huge amount of money then)was offered to anyone who could come up with a material that had the same quality of rebound that ivory had. They did and it was celluloid. Apparently the big problem was the occasional explosion when two balas collided with enough force. So long answer short, yes the pendant could be celluloid too.[/QUOTE]
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