Stop, don't leave the thread thinking that I broke my word and can't leave well-enough alone.
First, Fred, are you psychic? How do you know Johnson had read the entire thread, when all he referred to was the comments made by you and I (sent to him by Skipper) to which he took offense. And since when does not commenting on what he wrote and printed in 1978 need to be taken in a negative context? Of course it does if you are using it to prove your point. But on the other hand, I take it as meaning that he had nothing else to add to the valid facts he printed thirty years ago.
But that it another matter. Well, I read earlier in the thread about removing the scabbard throat piece to look at the parts. I thought, what the he-ll, and took a piece of wood dowel and a small hammer and tapped out the piece after carefully removing the screws. What a mess. Caked on grease and gunk. See below.
