What scale material? Purple and brown dust
I got a couple new razors the other day and I was messing a little with them today. I popped a few out of the scales and removed some rust, then worked the scales a little with some fine sandpaper. I can tell two of them are not celluloid, so I was wondering what they're made of. They are both opaque black in color, and definately some plastic variety.
One smells kinda like burnt plastic, it seems dense, heavy and inflexible, and it dusts brown. I'm guessing this would be bakelite?
The other is very different. It feels a lot softer, very flexible, and sands purple. There is a chemical/artificial smell but I could not place it. Anyone got any input as to this material?