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Originally Posted by andy_ita
hi John
well fortunatly, my job consist in trade and work plastics.....lol
so i can identify almost all the plastics burnig and sniff it...
but i made the test anyway, right now.
with a very sharp knife i cut ( hardly) a very little part from internal, and burnt it. the plastic became red, but it doent burn, and the smell is a tipical bakelite smell..
so i can confirm at 100% thath the material is bakelite ;-)
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If you can confirm that the material is in fact bakelite, then the grips are probably genuine original grips. I have not seen reproduction BW grips in bakelite... only in plastic. Congrats. The grips alone are worth a few hundred dollars in the U.S. collector market (dependent on condition).
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regards, -John S
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