Originally Posted by
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One more thing about the pads, the modern designs all seem to have the orbital washers that can allow adjusting in any reasonable abount of toe with no bending. Vintage-style pads may thus require the belt-sander treatment to effect the needed toe-in setting for the particular conditions.
Slight clarification-
To add adjustable toe functionality on vintage brakes, you can use threaded post style pads intended for MTB V-brakes. Replacement 1-piece holder/pad for these usually will include the matching convex/concave washers that allow or adjustment.