I snagged the gold fine/flexible nib of my recently acquired first vintage pen on the cap and misaligned the tines. I was going to attempt to put them back in alignment using a brass shim to help me apply some gentle pressure to the bent tine to bring it in line (ala some videos I watched on YouTube- how else do you learn something these days?). I've not done this before - is there anything I should be particularly wary of - or should I defer entirely to an expert?

Thanks,

Scot