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Hello All,

Kenneth Young from Texas.

I've spend quite some time reading this forum lately. I registered today to ask some questions about celluloid. On the Armando Simoni Club web site it cited an article from the Pen World. It said: "...celluloid can no longer be produced because the production of celluloid risks both toxic poisoning and flammability and Simoni's original manufacturing process is no longer legal. Caltagirone....had 4000 rods of unique celluloid that would never be reproduced." My question is is this true? I can understand the risk, but in a modern chemical plant this type of risk is probably manageable. Is it really "no longer legal"? A few years ago the table tennis ball was still made of celluloid. Celluloid is still used for accordion I believe. The arco brown is beautiful but I would say it shouldn't be too difficult to make, simply laminate multi layers of celluloid that would be it right? It's pity to see this beautiful material become a legend. Or, could it be the market for pen blanks is too small for any serious companies to invest?

 

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Well, they say that Simoni´original manufacturing process is no longer legal, which may be true, but there may also be other manufacturing processes for celluloid.

 

IIRC many years ago, steel bluing used cyanide, which is not acceptable today, but the industry has found other ways.

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Hello Kenneth and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

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New members often stimulate discussions, that prove very educational.

I understand the usefulness of plastic materials in molding manufacture, in the nineteenth century, but we have many alternative plastics. What are the advantages of using celluloid in fountain pen manufacture, in 2018 ?

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