flyer Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 All I know is 1949 when bringing home little "arts"from Ceylon the Ebony was fake and so was the Ivory but fooled a 16yr old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 My grandfather, who was an apprentice with Joseph Rodgers, often mentioned Zylo but in what context I can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rholt Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 xylonite brings back memories, in the fire service of going to fires in workshops, back in the fifties,being confronted by horrible, black acrid smoke,from xylo. I can taste it now when I think of it all these years later,thank goodness it is no longer used in the cutlery industry. Rholt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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