Bent Teeth on Open Comb

[Old Man Army]

So I picked up a couple of Old Type's at an antique shop that are in good shape except for a bent tooth on the one corner. I don't want to mess it up, but is there any way to safely straighten them out?

[dpmtherrien]

I wouldn't have bought it if it had a bent tooth, but you could try a fine needle nosed pliers to see if you can gently straighten it out.

[mmack66]

If it isn't bent vertically, I would just leave it alone.

[Dr Roadrash]

I've heard of people gently heating the tooth then trying to strighten it. If its a comer tooth it probably won't affect the shave.
Aaron

[dcobranchi]

I took mine to a jewelry repair shop. BAD MISTAKE!!! 3 broken teeth.

[cooncatbob]

When a tooth is bent 1 side is stretched and the other side is compressed, you can't compress the stretched side so the compressed side just tears.
That said, it's a crap shoot, I've broken more teeth then I've straightened.
I won't buy a opened comb without a clear picture of the teeth

[lungho]

I bought a Gillette New Deluxe Criterion open comb a couple years ago that had two horizontally bent teeth. I was able to straighten them by placing a stout butter knife between the teeth, for leverage, and then bending them back into position. If those teeth had been bent vertically, they would have certainly been broken if attempted to straighten.