Yea I get what your saying on that note that it is easier to just get new parts but that's kinda not the point. I'm restoring the bike I'm not looking to ride it, so if this was say a different project I would defenitly just buy new bars. But the point in restoring is to get it to the most original shape possible, and even if the new handle bars look like the most original, they are the farthest from the actual original handlebars. That's the only reason I'm really trying to find some solution to preserve the old bars.