At 02:52 PM 2/16/2010, Karl Wolz wrote:
>I bent mine with no problems.  IIRC, I just put them in a vice (after
>separating the plastic cover, obviously).  I did two bends on each handle so
>that the knob would still be perpendicular to the plane of the door.  I only

They must have changed alloys.  I did it with an arbor press and two
forming pieces, and the deformation before it broke was zero.  Break
was clean with crystalline surface and the pieces fit back together
like broken china.  It was pretty strong, too, took a good pull to bust it.

d