"dwright" wrote in
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General word has been that the blade is wasted, but that may not be
true. I have one of the stopped blades and its brake pawl hanging on
my wall (demo). There doesn't appear to be damage to any of the teeth
that aren't buried in the pawl. Several teeth are in the pawl. Even
if they are all wasted it would only cost $20 - $30 at my sharpening
service to have them replaced and the entire blade resharpened.


I can almost guarantee you that he blade will need to be retrued/flattened
again also.