If one of the flukes get bent, it's useless. The Bruce is a very strong anchor. You'll never break it. It's one piece, and it's easy to store on a bow roller. The Bruce doesn't really have a lot of fluke area for its weight, and it doesn't like to penetrate a crusty surface.
Many anchorages here have a crusty surface on the bottom, or shallow sand bottoms.
Bruce doesn't like these. When setting the Bruce it starts on its side, and then he rolls over and starts to dig in. If there isn't very much sand down there, or it's a hard surface, it stays on its side and just drags along. Bruce also loves to pick up rocks in his flukes. If this happens, you'll have to pull the anchor up and remove that rock.