Cold setting is often not pretty, but sometimes, a bit of ugliness is what it takes to undo a wreck. All things considered, it doesn't matter how you get there if you get the right result and keep the paint intact.
Shame he didn't have a leverage arm like the Park FFS to work with, but the "total-fork bash" approach just might have helped to overcome any potential twist of the crown itself.
-Kurt
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