Hmmm.... sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.
Those statements are indeed found on my site. When I was referring to plated blades, I was referring to non-political blades but did not state that. Must have been a senior moment.
I must agree with my learned colleagues in that I am not aware of any political blades being plated.... at least on original pre-1945 blades.
I will clarify these statements on my site. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I guess the moral of the story here is don't believe everything you read on the internet. Web sites are written by people and people, being human, will make mistakes.