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Old 25 August 2016, 10:59 AM   #1
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Celluloid Surprises

Found this today and thought I would share it.

Just profound to understand what goes into the creation of a celluloid pen.

http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/aboutpens/celluloid.html

Quote: "When I visited with OMAS they explained the process in detail. It takes about 350+ days to make a celluloid pen."
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Old 25 August 2016, 03:35 PM   #2
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Very interesting .
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Old 25 August 2016, 05:52 PM   #3
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It's an amazing material. Goes to show how hard they had it in the good old days of plastics.
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