Removing stuck shift knob?

I had one once that was reverse thread.......IIRC, but
it wasn't a Hurst, nor a Mr.Gasket.

But you what, those things used to come loose all the time,especially the T-Handles (I'll never install one of those ever again) and occasionally when this happened on the 2-3 shift, my knuckles were in the dash. So after a couple of times of that, I would throw the locknut away, and loc-tite the sob on there. What if........ someone else had the same experience?
Anyway loc-tite requires heat to soften it for removal, and different types of loc-tite require different temps to soften them.

Well actually, I still have an aluminum T-handle kicking around somewhere, that I drilled and tapped the heel of, and mounted it vertically.
It may be locktighted on there, but the whole assembly came off a stock A833OD from a '76 A or F body. I'll definitely try a heat gun first, but if that doesn't work then I'll step it up to some heavier duty stuff.