Sorry to have given a wrong "signal" Rick.
How could I take offence from someone I've a lot of respect for. I certainly did anticipate you knew what you were talking about earlier which now is obvious for one who has hands on experience taking apart whales and bones. Your points are well noted. Thanks.
You could look at pics of my piece by clicking on the word "
one" of my preceding post or from this earlier thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002016.html