You know those early Schick injectors with the whitish handles that you see every now and then all shrunk up, while others are just fine? What causes that? Are they a light-colored Bakelite or celluloid?
Right, I should have been clear, what kind of plastic are those made of? Never seen another plastic do that.
I have always thought some kind of celluloid. Not sure though. Never have figured out what causes that. Looks like a heat thing.
That's my guess too but haven't seen celluloid confirmed anywhere. Funny how they can end up looking like the tiniest dried out fragment of a bar of soap with a razor head attached.
The E Types are Bakelite..People Mess Handles Up with Cleaning Chemicals..It Can Also Melt the Handles or Distort then as Well..The Later G Types are Celluloid..They Can Melt & Discolor as Well with Chemical Cleaning... Billy..
All the different "types" are an invention of modern collectors of these vintage injectors. Pile of details --> HERE.
The Ones that Look Kinda White are Type G 1..They are Celluloid and were Brought Out on 1946...The Type Es Came Out on 1936 and Stopped Production in the USA on that Same Year...The Type E Injectors were Continued in the Canadian Factory Until the 50s... Both Can Melt Down with Chemicals But Most of the Ones Ya See are G Types...Yes... Billy..
Out or off gassing plastic resulting in the shape shrinking if I remember correctly. That said, Bakelite is a wonderful plastic. Not sure what type of plastic was used in those rare black handle E Type however.
If any of you have some handles that are pretty bad off, just take some fire to it, or just a small shaving of the handle. It it flames up, fast and furious, it is celluloid.
