On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:21:32 GMT, _
wrote:

Just struck me - that stuff is really durable; I have in the past abused
them as prybars, drifts, scrapers, etcetera - and often with a hammer.
That plastic might be useful - what is it?

Traditionally they have always been Tenite 1 or Tenite 2...Cellulose
acetate or cellulose acetate butyrate.

I believe ABS has replaced the old fashioned stinky Tenite
material..used to smell like old socks when it was heated, and was
attacked by gasoline.