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You are absolutely right Brian. It does not need to stop anywhere. It is a through hole and the nib housing will prevent itself from screwing in too far because of the lip at the end. But, I can see why stopping the thread might look neater, and Zulu was simply showing how Schmidt do it that's all.

[QUOTE="Phil Dart, post: 173372, member: 735"] You are absolutely right Brian. It does not [U]need[/U] to stop anywhere. It is a through hole and the nib housing will prevent [I]itself[/I] from screwing in too far because of the lip at the end. But, I can see why stopping the thread might look neater, and Zulu was simply showing how Schmidt do it that's all. [/QUOTE]

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