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Thanks for the info...i'll just leave the thing alone.
The phenomenon is called Work hardening. There is no sure fire way to straighten a bent tooth, but you can stack the odds in your favor by annealing.Razor teeth seem to be good for one bend only. I don't understand that, but it's a fact.
Brother Rudy,The phenomenon is called Work hardening. There is no sure fire way to straighten a bent tooth, but you can stack the odds in your favor by annealing.
I'm so confident that after practicing (a lot), I tackled my two most collectible Gillettes. I've successfully straightened a significant bend on my Double Ring, and and extreme bend on my 1906 Single Ring. One tooth was bent so far that it touched the neighboring tooth.
ok so it's basically heating up the metal to work it. Got it. Nah...i'll just leave it alone.I don't even know what annealing is, but I'm about to search for it.
Yeah, too much bravery often equates to stupidity ;-) I shouldn't have attempted it, but am happy it worked out.Thou art a brave man to attempt to fix an exceedingly rare double-ringed Gillette Old Type razor.