Loosening a scabbard?

[Dan D'Silva]

Thank you. The best thing I have at the moment is an unmounted hacksaw blade, which is just a little shorter than the sword blade, so if the problem exists toward the tip of the scabbard (which may be the case -- feeling with the hacksaw blade hasn't detected any significant inward protrusions so far), it may not work. I can probably borrow a scrap from the foundry at Bucks that'll do the trick. Unfortunately, it was made to fit a sword that's little more than a long butterknife, so a rasp won't fit.