29-09-2019, 03:59 PM
Not THE original, though. That is the later handle moulded from a modern plastic.
My mother had an original one - and I think the earliest ones I had were the same - which had an older type of plastic - probably Bakelite - which was very hard and, instead of those ridges in the slightly softer plastic, had flat facets which met at an angle.
I only remember them in plain colours but here's a mottled one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133113934718 - a bit more than 6d, though!
My mother had an original one - and I think the earliest ones I had were the same - which had an older type of plastic - probably Bakelite - which was very hard and, instead of those ridges in the slightly softer plastic, had flat facets which met at an angle.
I only remember them in plain colours but here's a mottled one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133113934718 - a bit more than 6d, though!
