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08-11-2009, 02:02 AM #11Born a Hundred Years Too Late
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Great buy,very lucky,indeed.I would be interested in some of these when they go up.Just hope I will be online when they go up....
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08-11-2009, 03:44 AM #12Senior Member
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Total score. One of the scores of the year? I think they're horn. I hope I'm right.
The easiest way to tell since you'll have twenty pair, is to take a scale and snap it in half.
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
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08-11-2009, 03:52 AM #13Senior Member
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Don't break it man! Try this first. Just rub the inside of one a little with some very fine sandpaper then sniff. If it smells like burnt hair, they're probably horn. If they are, then I call dibs on your test set of scales!
Originally Posted by ChrisL
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08-11-2009, 03:53 AM #14Senior Member
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Ha ha, Poncho, I was jokin there. Originally Posted by mrbhagwan
Don't break it man! Try this first. Just rub the inside of one a little with some very fine sandpaper then sniff. If it smells like burnt hair, they're probably horn. If they are, then I call dibs on your test set of scales!
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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08-11-2009, 03:56 AM #15Senior Member
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Thanks man, you had me freakin' out here for a minute!! Originally Posted by ChrisL
Ha ha, Poncho, I was jokin there.
Chris L
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08-11-2009, 04:23 AM #16Senior Member
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why do all of you think it's horn?
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08-11-2009, 04:47 AM #17Professional Pedantic Pontificator
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Because being ove 100 years old, it's doubtful that celluloid would still be black and shiny. Also, I think there's a certain amount of wishful thinking.
Of course, even if they are just celluoid, that lot is probably worth 10 times what I paid. If it's antique horn, it's probably worth 30 or 40 times what I paid.
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08-12-2009, 07:43 PM #18Professional Pedantic Pontificator
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Thanked: 317 WOOT!!! I've got 'em
My new scales just arrived.
There are 24 sets of scales all together.
Definitely celluloid (which smells an awful lot like vulcanite when sanded) and they are in just as good of condition as I'd hoped. Absolutely perfectly glossy.
The only downside is that they would only work with a 4/8 or 5/8 blade. A 6/8 would not work.
They also have a wedge built in. There's half a wedge formed into each side of the scales.
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08-12-2009, 08:37 PM #19Senior Member
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Hmm would any be suitable for my 7 day wapi project :-) we were talking about these on the chat the other morning , sweet buy
cheers Garry
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08-12-2009, 09:11 PM #20Professional Pedantic Pontificator
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7 day wapi project eh? What size are the blades on those wapis?
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