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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2547948, member: 5833"]To answer other questions: 'resin' is a polite word for some unidentified polymer, aka plastic; older resins are heavier than modern hard plastic, have not handled enough Bakelite to know how it compares in heft, but it's pretty dense.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like papier mache in photos of the back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2547948, member: 5833"]To answer other questions: 'resin' is a polite word for some unidentified polymer, aka plastic; older resins are heavier than modern hard plastic, have not handled enough Bakelite to know how it compares in heft, but it's pretty dense. It looks like papier mache in photos of the back.[/QUOTE]
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