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@Dutch_Cheese
I saw such a brake bolt earlier this week.
I think it was Ebay USA, but I'm not sure.
The thing with the tapered washer: I described on the forum before.
I've done this trick a couple of times and it helps you to get the whole brake up to approx. 5 mm higher or lower.
Take a (alu) washer of diam 10mm / hole 6mm / thickness 600 or so. It's a standard part.
File it in an angle. Leave one side flat and taper it on the other side. 30 degrees or so.
When you put this washer between brake and fork crown and you tighten the brake nut, the brake will go a bit up or down, depending on the orientation of the taper.
If you put the thin side of the washer down, the brake will go down. And v.v.
It's safe and it works.