Thread: Scale Material

Recently I went down a rabbit hole that began with Bakelite. Bakelite led to antique bakelite jewelry. The tortoise imitations, and their like in bakelite looked pretty nice. This led to a search for a modern manufacturer of bakelite. Backed out...then looked at amber (right!) which led to ambroid or amberoid. 'Amberoid, or “pressed amber,” is produced by fusing together small pieces of amber under pressure.' Which led me to wonder. Has anyone created a piece of amberoid that could be used for straight razor scales? Would this be practical? And then the end of the rabbit hole. If there was a market big enough for synthetic tortoise shell, would the imitations be more realistic, the density, the colors? Whew, I need to take a nap now.