According to the packaging, it is real bone, and it doesn't feel like plastic or other synthetic

I don't know much about bones

Can't wait to put it to use Exactly what I wanted to work on my older books

use to work in a book bindery and they used these bone folders

manageable size, easy to handle

I use it to pull out the bobbin thread of my sewing machine, and also hold the pointed end of it behind my needle while I'm getting the top thread through the eye