Thread: Horn scales or plastic? Help

Ok. I bought a sprock 5/8 round point off ebay and assumed they were some sort of plastic scales until.......I went to clean them up and I was going to sand them a bit and they stunk like burnt hair! I researched it here and everything points to horn but.....nothing else about them says horn. They are very flexible and I can't see any "grain" in them at all. So.....I did the hot pin test and they seemed to resist melting and once again the burnt hair smell. Everything I can see says plastic but everything I smell says horn.

I would pay the postage (in CONUS) to send to someone who could confirm or deny with certainty horn or not. Anyone confident enough to do this (and willing) please send me a PM and I'll mail to you. Everyone else I would very much appreciate your comments and experience. Thanks in advance.