is celluloid just fancy plastic?

There was an excellent article on this subject, in Knife World Magazine, a year or so ago. I didn't save it, but maybe someone else has.
 
I think the imitation tortoise shell celluloid on the Camillus slipjoints AG Russell has on his site is pretty cool looking. I've been tempted to pick up that muskrat pattern but have balked because the two blades are identical. Somehow it seems to me that the blades on a multiblade knife ought to have different shapes, different "functionality" as they say in the computer world.
 
Here is the old Imperial, that I spoke of earlier...
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This knife has not been babied. It held up pretty well, don'cha think?
 
In the early days of celluloid production, the factories were built in such a way that the roof structure was hinged to the rest of the building. This stuff was soooo explosive. They knew that it was only a matter of time before the stuff would blow. With the roof on hinges, the force would blow the roof and not damage the rest of the factory quite as much. Needless to say, insurance became scarce for a lot of these manufacturers and many went out of business.
And people complain about their jobs today?

Greg
 
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