Ivory or bone ?

Berkley · 24th June 2016, 01:26 AM

The regularly alternating dark and light lines are characteristic of the type of celluloid known as “French ivory”, first made in the 1860s and often found in knife handles.

(Shown is a knife with French ivory scales made by George Wostenholm of Sheffield).
Impossible to say what environmental or traumatic effects caused the longitudinal fracture. With as much certainty as possible from merely photographic evidence, I vote “not ivory”.

24th June 2016, 01:26 AM	#12
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	The regularly alternating dark and light lines are characteristic of the type of celluloid known as “French ivory”, first made in the 1860s and often found in knife handles. (Shown is a knife with French ivory scales made by George Wostenholm of Sheffield). Impossible to say what environmental or traumatic effects caused the longitudinal fracture. With as much certainty as possible from merely photographic evidence, I vote “not ivory”. Attached Images